Urdu speakers: is the word gumraah (lost) arabic or farsi root?
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Here's an interesting reference to gumrah (more like a single a though) -- a "glowing coal" :
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That sounds like a different word. AFAIK in Urdu at least, gum- is always a lost/unknown prefix (gumrah =lost, gumnaam= anonymous etc).
yup here's what my Urdu dictionary says for gum-rah, as well as some surrounding gum- words in same sense (unf doesn't show the specific root):
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btw in Gujarati we say "goom" for when some is physically (and even mentally) lost, though for latter it can also be "gone" as in Gone Girl;)
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yup here's what my Urdu dictionary shares for both root gum- (lost, missing, wanting) and word variations on (in same sense of lost, abandonment, astray, or deviation) including gum-rah ... unf no etymological info [it's a poet's dictionary so;)]
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The word is almost exact in sound. Just found the variation in definition interesting.
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