घट्ट

Marathi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʱəʈ.ʈə/

Adjective

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa)

1. tight

   Antonyms: सैल (sail), ढिले (ḍhile)

2. thick

   Synonym: जाड (j̈āḍ)

Adverb

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa)

1. tightly
2. thickly

Synonyms

1. घट्टपणे (ghaṭṭapaṇe)

Derived terms

• घट्टपणा (ghaṭṭapaṇā, “tightness, thickness”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “घट्ट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “घट्ट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “घट्ट”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘট্ট (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬝ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
• ঘট্ট (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰘𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ဃဋ္ဋ (Burmese script)
• ઘટ્ટ (Gujarati script)
• ਘਟ੍ਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑌟𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦛ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑂗𑂹𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಘಟ್ಟ (Kannada script)
• ឃដ្ដ (Khmer script)
• ຆຏ຺ຏ (Lao script)
• ഘട്ട (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᠠᢞᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘘𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠠᢌᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑦸𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐚𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଘଟ୍ଟ (Odia script)
• ꢕꢜ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆛𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖘𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
• ඝට‍්ට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑩦 𑪙𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚔𑚶𑚔 (Takri script)
• க⁴ட்ட (Tamil script)
• ఘట్ట (Telugu script)
• ฆฏฺฏ (Thai script)
• གྷ་ཊྚ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒙𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨔𑩇𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Telugu గట్టు (gaṭṭu, “dam, embankment”), కట్ట (kaṭṭa, “dam, embankment”), derived from కట్టు (kaṭṭu, “to tie”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ɡʱɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ɡʱɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]

Noun

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa) stem, m

1. a quay or landing-place, wharf
2. bathing-place
3. steps by a riverside
4. ferry

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घट्ट

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	घट्टः (ghaṭṭaḥ)	घट्टौ (ghaṭṭau) घट्टा¹ (ghaṭṭā¹)	घट्टाः (ghaṭṭāḥ) घट्टासः¹ (ghaṭṭāsaḥ¹)
vocative	घट्ट (ghaṭṭa)	घट्टौ (ghaṭṭau) घट्टा¹ (ghaṭṭā¹)	घट्टाः (ghaṭṭāḥ) घट्टासः¹ (ghaṭṭāsaḥ¹)
accusative	घट्टम् (ghaṭṭam)	घट्टौ (ghaṭṭau) घट्टा¹ (ghaṭṭā¹)	घट्टान् (ghaṭṭān)
instrumental	घट्टेन (ghaṭṭena)	घट्टाभ्याम् (ghaṭṭābhyām)	घट्टैः (ghaṭṭaiḥ) घट्टेभिः¹ (ghaṭṭebhiḥ¹)
dative	घट्टाय (ghaṭṭāya)	घट्टाभ्याम् (ghaṭṭābhyām)	घट्टेभ्यः (ghaṭṭebhyaḥ)
ablative	घट्टात् (ghaṭṭāt)	घट्टाभ्याम् (ghaṭṭābhyām)	घट्टेभ्यः (ghaṭṭebhyaḥ)
genitive	घट्टस्य (ghaṭṭasya)	घट्टयोः (ghaṭṭayoḥ)	घट्टानाम् (ghaṭṭānām)
locative	घट्टे (ghaṭṭe)	घट्टयोः (ghaṭṭayoḥ)	घट्टेषु (ghaṭṭeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: گاٹھ (gāṭh)
• Southern:
  • Marathi: घाट (ghāṭ, “mountain pass”)
  • Konkani: घाटु (ghāṭu)
• Eastern:
  • Assamese: ঘাট (ghat)
  • Bengali: ঘাট (ghaṭ)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: घाट (ghāṭ, “bathing or landing place”)
  • Odia: ଘାଟ (ghāṭa, “ferry, wharf”), ଘାଟୀ (ghāṭi, “mountain pass”)
  • Rohingya: gáñth
• Western:
  • Punjabi:
    • Gurmukhi script: ਘਾਟ (ghāṭ), ਘਾੱਟਾ (ghāṭṭā), ਘਾੱਟੀ (ghāṭṭī)
    • Shahmukhi script: گھَاٹ (ghāṭ), گھَاٹَّا (ghāṭṭā), گھَاٹِّی (ghāṭṭiī)
  • Sindhi: گهَٽُ (ghaṭu, “passage, path”), گھِٽِي (ghiṭī, “street, alley”), گھَاٽُ (ghāṭu, “pass, landing place”)
• 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, Ghats
      • → Italian: Ghati
      • → Portuguese: Gate
    • Hindi: घाटा (ghāṭā, “mountain pass”), घाटी (ghāṭī, “defile”)
• → Telugu: ఘట్టము (ghaṭṭamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “घट्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0375/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 167
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 356