घाट

See also: घाटी, घट्, घंटा, घंटी, and घंटे

Hindi

Etymology

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Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa)

Hindi घाट (ghāṭ)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa), from Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑːʈ/, [ɡʱäːʈ]

Noun

घाट • (ghāṭ) m (Urdu spelling گھاٹ)

1. pier, wharf, a landing place for boats
2. ford, embankment, slope leading to water
   1. a flight of steps leading to water
   2. a place along a river where clothes are washed
3. mountain pass

Declension

Declension of घाट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घाट ghāṭ	घाट ghāṭ
oblique	घाट ghāṭ	घाटों ghāṭõ
vocative	घाट ghāṭ	घाटो ghāṭo

Descendants

• → English: ghat, Ghats
• → Italian: Ghati
• → Portuguese: Gate

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घाट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “घाट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press