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Garhwali

Garhwali proper noun: a Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi.

Proper noun

Garhwali

  1. A Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi.
  2. An ethnolinguistic group native to Garhwal in Uttarakhand, India.

Garhwali meaning in Hindi and Nepali

Garhwali in Hindi

language
गढ़वाली gaṛhvālī

Garhwali in Nepali

language
गढवाली gaḍhawālī

Origin of Garhwali

Borrowed from Garhwali गढ़वळि (gaṛhvaḷi), probably via another Indo-Aryan language.

Questions about Garhwali

What does Garhwali mean?
Garhwali means a Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi.
What is Garhwali in Hindi?
Garhwali in Hindi is गढ़वाली (gaṛhvālī). See Garhwali meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Garhwali?
Garhwali is a proper noun.

Words near Garhwali in the dictionary

  1. garha
  2. Garhjat
  3. Garhwa
  4. Garhwal
  5. Garhwal Division
  6. Garhwali
  7. gari
  8. Gariaband
  9. garial
  10. garials
  11. Garian

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