घर (ghar)
noun/adverb
Primarily 'house/home' (noun), but also anchors common idioms and adverbial phrases about domestic life; one core sense with several idiomatic extensions.
Sense
1
:
house, home
noun, masculine
Synonyms: मकान (makaan, building/structure), घराना (gharaanaa, household/lineage), आवास (aavaas, formal), निवास (nivaas, formal)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: घर (ghar) is one of the most emotionally loaded words in Hindi -- it means far more than a building; it carries family, belonging, and roots. Notice how अपना घर (apnaa ghar, 'one's own home') is used to talk about security and identity, not just property, and how a married woman's घर (ghar) can shift meaning depending on whether she means her parents' home or her husband's -- a distinction that carries real cultural weight in North Indian families.
Common Mistakes: 1) घर (ghar) covers both the physical building and the emotional idea of 'home' -- English speakers sometimes reach for मकान (makaan) when they mean 'home,' but मकान (makaan) is just the structure and feels cold or purely real-estate-ish for that context. 2) घर जाना (ghar jaanaa, 'to go home') does not take a postposition before घर (ghar) the way English needs 'to' -- learners often insert को (ko) unnecessarily.
Sample Sentences:
यह मेरा घर है।
This is my house.
(yah meraa ghar hai।)
हमने पिछले साल एक नया घर खरीदा।
We bought a new house last year.
(hamne pichhle saal ek nayaa ghar khariidaa।)
हर किसी को अपना घर चाहिए, चाहे वह छोटा ही क्यों न हो।
Everyone wants their own home, no matter how small it may be.
(har kisii ko apnaa ghar chaahie, chaahe vah chhotaa hii kyon n ho।)
अगर मेरे पास पैसे होते, तो मैं अपना घर बना लेता।
If I had money, I would have built my own house.
(agar mere paas paise hote, to main apnaa ghar banaa letaa।)
शादी के बाद उसका घर अब उसके पति के साथ है, पर उसका दिल हमेशा अपने माँ-बाप के घर में रहता है।
After marriage her home is now with her husband, but her heart always stays at her parents' house.
(shaadii ke baad uskaa ghar ab uske pati ke saath hai, par uskaa dil hameshaa apne maan-baap ke ghar men rahtaa hai।)
कृपया अपना घर साफ रखें।
Please keep your house clean.
(kripyaa apnaa ghar saaph rakhen।)
यह घर मेरे दादा जी ने बनवाया था।
This house was built by my grandfather.
(yah ghar mere daadaa jii ne banvaayaa thaa।)
काश मेरा भी अपना घर होता, किराए के मकान में मन नहीं लगता।
I wish I had my own home too, living in a rented place just does not feel right.
(kaash meraa bhii apnaa ghar hotaa, kiraae ke makaan men man nahiin lagtaa।)
बुजुर्गों के देखभाल के लिए एक अच्छा घर तलाशा जा रहा है।
A good home is being sought for the care of the elderly.
(bujurgon ke dekhbhaal ke lie ek achchhaa ghar talaashaa jaa rahaa hai।)
यह घर सिर्फ ईंट-पत्थर नहीं है, इसमें हमारी पूरी ज़िंदगी बसी है।
This house is not just bricks and stones, our whole life is settled in it.
(yah ghar sirph iint-patthar nahiin hai, ismen hamaarii poorii zindgii basii hai।)
सरकार गरीबों के लिए सस्ते घर बनाएगी।
The government will build cheap houses for the poor.
(sarkaar gariibon ke lie saste ghar banaaegii।)
Sense
2
:
at home, homeward (in fixed adverbial phrases)
adverb Functions adverbially without a postposition in set phrases like घर जाना (ghar jaanaa, 'to go home') and घर पहुँचना (ghar pahunchnaa, 'to reach home'), unlike most nouns of place which take पर (par) or में (men).
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This dual behavior -- postposition-free with motion verbs, but needing पर (par) with stative ones like होना (honaa) or रहना (rahnaa) -- is one of those small native-speaker instincts that just has to be absorbed through hearing the phrases repeatedly.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often add में (men) or पर (par) after घर (ghar) in phrases like घर हूँ (ghar hoon) when native speakers simply say घर पर हूँ (ghar par hoon, 'I am at home') -- पर (par) is actually required here, unlike with जाना (jaanaa) or पहुँचना (pahunchnaa), which drop any postposition entirely.
Sample Sentences:
मैं घर जा रहा हूँ।
I am going home.
(main ghar jaa rahaa hoon।)
वह घर पर है।
He is at home.
(vah ghar par hai।)
कल हम घर पहुँचे।
We reached home yesterday.
(kal ham ghar pahunche।)
घर जाओ, बहुत देर हो गई है।
Go home, it's very late already.
(ghar jaao, bahut der ho gaii hai।)
अगर बारिश नहीं होती तो हम पैदल ही घर चले जाते।
If it hadn't rained, we would have just walked home.
(agar baarish nahiin hotii to ham paidal hii ghar chale jaate।)
वह हर शनिवार घर रहती है।
She stays home every Saturday.
(vah har shanivaar ghar rahtii hai।)
कृपया आप घर पर ही रहें, बाहर मौसम खराब है।
Please stay at home, the weather outside is bad.
(kripyaa aap ghar par hii rahen, baahar mausam kharaab hai।)
बच्चे स्कूल के बाद सीधे घर जाते हैं।
The children go straight home after school.
(bachche skool ke baad siidhe ghar jaate hain।)
मुझे उम्मीद है कि वह जल्दी घर पहुँच जाएगा।
I hope he reaches home soon.
(mujhe ummiid hai ki vah jaldii ghar pahunch jaaegaa।)
आज ऑफिस में इतना काम था कि घर आते-आते रात हो गई।
There was so much work at the office today that it became night by the time I got home.
(aaj ophis men itnaa kaam thaa ki ghar aate-aate raat ho gaii।)
सर, क्या मैं आज जल्दी घर जा सकता हूँ?
Sir, may I go home early today?
(sar, kyaa main aaj jaldii ghar jaa saktaa hoon?)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
घर
(ghar)
(sg.m.oblique):
घर
(ghar)
(pl.m.direct):
घर
(ghar)
(pl.m.oblique):
घरों
(gharon)