घट्ट
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬖᬝ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
- ঘট্ট (Assamese script)
- ঘট্ট (Bengali script)
- 𑰑𑰘𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌘𑌟𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ઘટ્ટ (Gujarati script)
- ਘਟੑਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦓꦛ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
- ឃដ្ដ (Khmer script)
- ಘಟ್ಟ (Kannada script)
- ຆຏ຺ຏ (Lao script)
- ഘട്ട (Malayalam script)
- 𑘑𑘘𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠾᠠᢌᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᢚᠠᢞᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဃဋ္ဋ (Burmese script)
- 𑦱𑦸𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐑𑐚𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
- ଘଟ୍ଟ (Oriya script)
- ꢕꢜ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆔𑆛𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖑𑖘𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
- ඝට්ට (Sinhalese script)
- ఘట్ట (Telugu script)
- ฆฏฺฏ (Thai script)
- གྷ་ཊྚ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒒𑒙𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Nominal derivation from the root घट्ट् (ghaṭṭ, “to rub, touch, shake”). The definitions are semantically related to the root in the sense that they connote places where the ground provides enough friction to stand in an otherwise wet and slippery location.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡʱɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ɡʱɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡʱɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ˈɡʱɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]
Noun
घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa) m
- a quay or landing-place, wharf
- bathing-place
- steps by a river-side
- ferry
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: گاٹھ (gāṭh)
- Southern:
- Marathi: घाट (ghāṭ, “mountain pass”)
- Konkani: घाटु (ghāṭu)
- Eastern:
- Assamese: ঘাট (ghat, “bathing or landing place”)
- Bihari:
- Bhojpuri: घाट (ghāṭ, “bathing or landing place”)
- Bengali: ঘাট (ghaṭ, “mountain pass”)
- Oriya: ଘାଟ (ghaṭô, “ferry, wharf”), ଘାଟୀ (ghaṭi, “mountain pass”)
- Rohingya: gáñth
- Western:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਘਾਟ (ghāṭ), ਘਾੱਟਾ (ghāṭṭā), ਘਾੱਟੀ (ghāṭṭī)
- Shahmukhi: گھَاٹ (ghāṭ), گھَاٹَّا (ghāṭṭā), گھَاٹِّی (ghāṭṭī)
- Sindhi: گهَٽُ (ghaṭu, “passage, path”), گھِٽِي (ghiṭī, “street, alley”), گھَاٽُ (ghāṭu, “pass, landing place”)
- Punjabi:
- Northern:
- Kumaoni: घाट (ghāṭ, “crossing place”)
- Nepali: घाट (ghāṭ, “ford, landing place”), घाटि (ghāṭi, “mountain pass”)
- Central:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa)
- Gujarati: ઘાટ (ghāṭ, “mountain pass”)
- Hindi: घाट (ghāṭ)
- → English: ghat
- Hindi: घाटा (ghāṭā, “mountain pass”), घाटी (ghāṭī, “defile”)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa)
- → Telugu: ఘట్టము (ghaṭṭamu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “घट्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0375.