گھنٹا

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• گَھن٘ٹَہ (ghaṉṭah)
• گَھین٘ٹَا (ghaiṉṭā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀁𑀝 (ghaṃṭa), from Sanskrit घण्टा f (ghaṇṭā, “bell”). Doublet of گَھنْڈا (ghanḍā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kàṇṭā, IPA^(key): /kə˨ɳ.ʈäː/
• (Majhi) Phonetic: kǣ̀ṇṭā, IPA^(key): [kɜː˨ɳ.ʈäː] (hour, singular)

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• (Pothwari) Phonetic: gǣṇṭā, IPA^(key): [ɡɜːɳ.ʈäː] (hour, singular)
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: گَھݨ‧ٹا

Noun

گَھنْٹا • (ghanṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘੰਟਾ)

1. (time) hour
   • 1991, افظل توصیف [Afz̤al Tauṣīf, اقبال قیصر – Iqbāl Qaiṣar], غلام نہ ہو جائے مشرق [Lest the East become slaves], نگارشات [Nigārishāt], →OCLC, page 113:

     گھنٹے وچ کِنے؟ چالی دناں وچ کنے؟

     ghanṭe vicc kinne? cālī dināṉ vicc kinne?

     How many in an hour? How many in forty days?

2. large bell; gong
3. clock (a big device used to tell the time)

   Synonym: گَھڑیال (ghaṛeyāl)

4. (slang) nothing, jack

Declension

Declension of گھنٹا
dir. sg.	گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā)
dir. pl.	گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe)
	singular	plural
direct	گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā)	گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe)
oblique	گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe)	گَھنْٹیْاں (ghanṭiyāṉ)
vocative	گَھنْٹیْا (ghanṭiyā)	گَھنْٹیو (ghanṭeyo)
ablative	گَھنْٹیوں (ghanṭeyoṉ)	گَھنْٹیْاں (ghanṭiyāṉ)
locative	–	گَھنْٹِیں (ghanṭīṉ)
instrumental	گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe)	–

Derived terms

• گَھنْٹا گَھر (ghanṭā ghar, “clock tower”)

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گھنٹا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “گھنٹہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṇṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʱən.ʈɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: گَھنْ‧ٹا

Noun

گَھنْٹا • (ghanṭā) m (Hindi spelling घंटा)

1. Alternative form of گھنٹہ (ghanṭa).

References

• “گھنٹا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گھنٹا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.