پنگھٹ
Urdu
FWOTD – 27 February 2016
Etymology
From Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water”) and घट्टा (ghaṭṭā, “quay or landing-place”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pə̃.ɡʱəʈ/
Noun
پنگھٹ • (pãghaṭ) m (Hindi spelling पंघट)
- passage to a river
- stair or quay for drawing water
- Mughal-e-Azam [1960]: Mohe Panghat Pe
- ... موہے پنگھٹ پے نندلال چھیڑ گئیو رے ...
- ...Oh on the river quay, Nandlāl has teased me...
- Mughal-e-Azam [1960]: Mohe Panghat Pe
References
- John Shakespear (1834), “پنگھٹ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, OCLC 875051092