گھونٹ

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁆- (ghuṭṭ-), from Ashokan Prakrit [Term?]. Cognate with Punjabi گُھٹّ (ghuṭṭ) / ਘੁੱਟ (ghuṭṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʱuːnʈ/, /ɡʱũːʈ/
• Rhymes: -uːnʈ, -ũːʈ

Noun

گُھون٘ٹ • (ghū̃ṭ) m (Hindi spelling घूंट)

1. sip, gulp (of a liquid)

Declension

Declension of گھونٹ
	singular	plural
direct	گُھون٘ٹ (ghūṉṭ)	گُھون٘ٹ (ghūṉṭ)
oblique	گُھون٘ٹ (ghūṉṭ)	گُھون٘ٹوں (ghūṉṭõ)
vocative	گُھون٘ٹ (ghūṉṭ)	گُھون٘ٹو (ghūṉṭo)

Further reading

• “گھونٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گھونٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghuṭṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press