ghurry

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Hindi घड़ी (ghaṛī) or Urdu گھڑی (ghaṛī). ==== Noun ==== ghurry (plural ghurries) (India, obsolete) A clepsydra or water clock, consisting of a floating cup with a small hole in it, adjusted so that it fills and sinks in a fixed time. The gong by which the time so indicated is struck. (by extension) A clock or watch. (Anglo-Indian) An hour, or some indefinite period of time. ===== References ===== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “ghurry”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […]. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== ghurry (plural ghurries) (historical, India) Alternative form of gurry (“a small fort”).