گھنٹا
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- گَھنْٹَہ (ghanṭah)
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/
- (Pakistan) Phonetic: kǣ̀ṇṭā, IPA(key): /kɜː˨ɳ.ʈäː/ (hour, singular)
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: گَھݨ‧ٹا
Noun
گَھنْٹا • (ghanṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘੰਟਾ)
- (time) hour
- 1991, افظل توصیف – Afz̤al Tauṣīf, اقبال قیصر – Iqbāl Qaiṣar, غلام نہ ہو جائے مشرق [The East mustn't become slaves], نگار اشاعت – Nigārishāt, OCLC 27816030, 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?
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- large bell; gong
- clock (a big device used to tell the time)
- Synonym: گَھڑیال (ghaṛiyal)
Declension
| Declension of گھنٹا | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā) | |
| dir. pl. | گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā) | گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe) |
| oblique | گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe) | گَھنْٹِیاں (ghanṭiyāṉ) |
| vocative | گَھنْٹِیا (ghanṭiyā) | گَھنْٹِیو (ghanṭiyo) |
| ablative | گَھنْٹِیوں (ghanṭiyoṉ) | — |
| locative | گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe) | — |
| 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, 2023
- 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)
- Alternative form of گھنٹہ (ghanṭa).
References
- “گھنٹا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گھنٹا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.