Village in Hindi — Meaning of गाँव (gaanv)

📖 Meaning of “village”

The meaning of “village” in Hindi is गाँव, pronounced gaanv — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

📘 Definition of village

a community of people smaller than a town

🟢 Similar words for village

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✍️ Village in a sentence

There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.

कार्लोस नाम का एक आदमी किसी पहाड़ी गांव में उस बूढे आदमी की तलाश में आया।

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Inherited from Old Hindi गांव (gāṃva), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma, “village”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)gróm-os, from the root *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather”). Distantly related to Polish gromada (“village organization”).

Quick facts about “village”

Everything we know about this word at a glance.

Word (English)

Village

Meaning in Hindi

गाँव

Pronunciation

gaanv

Part of speech

Noun

Similar words

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The Hindi meaning of "village" is गाँव (gaanv).

In Devanagari script it is written as गाँव.

It is pronounced "gaanv". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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