घटी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ঘটী (Assamese script)
ᬖᬝᬷ (Balinese script)
ঘটী (Bengali script)
𑰑𑰘𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀖𑀝𑀻 (Brahmi script)
ဃဋီ (Burmese script)
ઘટી (Gujarati script)
ਘਟੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌘𑌟𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦓꦛꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂐𑂗𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ಘಟೀ (Kannada script)
ឃដី (Khmer script)
ຆຏີ (Lao script)
ഘടീ (Malayalam script)
ᢚᠠᢞᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘑𑘘𑘲 (Modi script)
ᠺᠾᠠᢌᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦱𑦸𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐑𑐚𑐷 (Newa script)
ଘଟୀ (Odia script)
ꢕꢜꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆔𑆛𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖑𑖘𑖱 (Siddham script)
ඝටී (Sinhalese script)
𑩟𑩦𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚍𑚔𑚯 (Takri script)
க⁴டீ (Tamil script)
ఘటీ (Telugu script)
ฆฏี (Thai script)
གྷ་ཊཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒒𑒙𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨎𑨔𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine form of घट (ghaṭa, “pot”).

Noun

घटी • (ghaṭī) stem, f

a pot
a water clock
a short time period (often of 24 minutes)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of घटी (ghaṭī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	घटी ghaṭī	घट्यौ / घटी¹ ghaṭyau / ghaṭī¹	घट्यः / घटीः¹ ghaṭyaḥ / ghaṭīḥ¹
Vocative	घटि ghaṭi	घट्यौ / घटी¹ ghaṭyau / ghaṭī¹	घट्यः / घटीः¹ ghaṭyaḥ / ghaṭīḥ¹
Accusative	घटीम् ghaṭīm	घट्यौ / घटी¹ ghaṭyau / ghaṭī¹	घटीः ghaṭīḥ
Instrumental	घट्या ghaṭyā	घटीभ्याम् ghaṭībhyām	घटीभिः ghaṭībhiḥ
Dative	घट्यै ghaṭyai	घटीभ्याम् ghaṭībhyām	घटीभ्यः ghaṭībhyaḥ
Ablative	घट्याः / घट्यै² ghaṭyāḥ / ghaṭyai²	घटीभ्याम् ghaṭībhyām	घटीभ्यः ghaṭībhyaḥ
Genitive	घट्याः / घट्यै² ghaṭyāḥ / ghaṭyai²	घट्योः ghaṭyoḥ	घटीनाम् ghaṭīnām
Locative	घट्याम् ghaṭyām	घट्योः ghaṭyoḥ	घटीषु ghaṭīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Dardic:
- Shina: گی (găi), گڑ (gaṛí)
- Khowar: گوڵ (goḷi)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - Waigali: geṛī́, gīṛi
Pali: ghaṭī
Prakrit: 𑀖𑀟𑀻 (ghaḍī), 𑀖𑀟𑀺𑀆 (ghaḍiā)
- Central:
  - Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
    - Awadhi: घरी (gharī), घरिया (ghariyā)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Braj: घड़ि (ghaṛi)
    - Hindustani: ghaṛī, ghaṛiyā
      - Hindi: घड़ी, घड़िया
      - Urdu: گھَڑِی (ghaṛī), گھَڑِیَا (ghaṛiyā)
    - Romani: gari
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: ঘড়ী (ghori)
    - Bengali: ঘড়ি (ghoṛi), ঘড়ী (ghoṛi)
      - → Atong (India): khori
      - → Garo: gori
      - → Santali: ᱜᱷᱩᱰᱤ (ghuḍi)
    - Bihari: घरिया (ghariyā)
    - Odia: ଘଡ଼ୀ (ghaṛi)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Kumaoni: घड़ी (ghaṛī)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: घरि (ghari)
    - Western Pahari:
      - Bhadrawahi: घड़िओ घेड़िओ (ghaṛio gheṛio)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: ghaṛī
        Gurmukhi script: ਘੜੀ
        
        Shahmukhi script: گھَڑِی (ghaṛī)
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: ghaṛī
        Arabic script: گھَڙِي
        
        Devanagari script: घड़ी
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ގުޅި (guḷi)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Konkani: ghaḍi
      Devanagari script: घडि
      
      Kannada script: ಘಡಿ
      
      Latin script: ghaddi
    - Marathi: घडी (ghaḍī)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Old Gujarati:
      - Gujarati: ઘડી (ghaḍī)
      - Marwari: घड़ी (ghaṛī)

Borrowed terms

→ Hindi: घटी (ghaṭī)
→ Nepali: घटी (ghaṭī)
→ Classical Newar: 𑐑𑐚𑐶
- Newar: घौ (ghau)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghata”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 237