घूँघट
Hindi
Etymology
Turner suggests Sanskrit *घुम्बपट्ट (ghumbapaṭṭa). Compare Nepali घूघटो (ghūghaṭo).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡʱuːŋ.ɡʱəʈ/, [ɡʱũːŋ.ɡʱəʈ]
Noun
घूँघट • (ghūṅghaṭ) m (Urdu spelling گهونگهٹ)
- veil (covering drawn over the face)
- भारत में बहुत सी औरतें घूँघट करती हैं।
- bhārat mẽ bahut sī aurtẽ ghūṅghaṭ kartī ha͠i.
- Many women in India wear veils.
- उसने मुँह पर से घूँघट उठाया।
- usne mũh par se ghūṅghaṭ uṭhāyā.
- She lifted the veil off her face.
- (rare) prepuce, foreskin
Declension
Declension of घूँघट (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | घूँघट ghūṅghaṭ | घूँघट ghūṅghaṭ |
oblique | घूँघट ghūṅghaṭ | घूँघटों ghūṅghaṭõ |
vocative | घूँघट ghūṅghaṭ | घूँघटो ghūṅghaṭo |
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “घूँघट”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “घूँघट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.