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g̠ārat (for A. غارة , fr. اغارة ig̠ārat, 'making a raid,' etc., inf. n. of اغار , iv of غور 'to come to the low land or country,' etc.), s.f. (orig.) 'A raid, foray'; plunder, pillage, rapine, havoc, devastation:—g̠ārat jānā, v.n. To be plundered, be spoiled, be marred, be destroyed or ruined:—g̠ārat-g̠ol, s.m. Sudden loss or destruction;—adj. Suddenly or unexpectedly lost;—g̠ārat-g̠ol honāor ho-jānā, To be suddenly or unexpectedly lost; to be swept away, to be ruined or destroyed, to be annihilated; to disappear:—g̠ārat karnā, v.t. To plunder, spoil, ravage, lay waste, ruin, destroy:—g̠ārat-gar, s.m. A plunderer; an oppressor:—g̠ārat-garī, s.f. The act of plundering, or of laying waste, etc.; pillage; destruction:—g̠ārat honā, v.n.=g̠ārat jānā, q.v.
Origin: Persian