घट्ट्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘট্ট্ (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬝ᭄ᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঘট্ট্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰘𑰿𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဃဋ္ဋ် (Burmese script)
• ઘટ્ટ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਘਟ੍ਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑌟𑍍𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦛ꧀ꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑂗𑂹𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಘಟ್ಟ್ (Kannada script)
• ឃដ្ដ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຆຏ຺ຏ຺ (Lao script)
• ഘട്ട് (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᠠᢞᢞ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘘𑘿𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠠᢌᢌ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑦸𑧠𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐚𑑂𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଘଟ୍ଟ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢕꢜ꣄ꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆛𑇀𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖘𑖿𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඝට‍්ට් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑩦 𑪙𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚔𑚶𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
• க⁴ட்ட் (Tamil script)
• ఘట్ట్ (Telugu script)
• ฆฏฺฏฺ (Thai script)
• གྷ་ཊྚ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒙𑓂𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨔𑩇𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

On the basis of forms like घट्टित (ghaṭṭita), ultimately a sanskritization or vernacular forms.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɐʈʈ/, [ɡʱɐʈ̚ʈ]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɐʈʈ/, [ɡʱɐʈ̚ʈ]

Root

घट्ट् • (ghaṭṭ)

1. to rub (the hands) over, touch, shake, cause to move
2. to stir round
3. to have a bad effect or influence on
4. to hurt with words, speak of malignantly

Derived terms

• घट्टते (ghaṭṭate)
• घट्टयति (ghaṭṭayati)
• घट्टयान (ghaṭṭayāna)

 

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “घट्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 375/3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 41
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭṭáyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press