घण्टिक

Sanskrit

Etymology

Derived from घण्ट (ghaṇṭa)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɐɳ.ʈi.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɐɳ.ʈi.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: घण्‧टि‧क

Noun

घण्टिक • (ghaṇṭika) stem, m

1. crocodile, gharial

   Synonym: कुम्बीर (kumbīra)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घण्टिक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	घण्टिकः (ghaṇṭikaḥ)	घण्टिकौ (ghaṇṭikau) घण्टिका¹ (ghaṇṭikā¹)	घण्टिकाः (ghaṇṭikāḥ) घण्टिकासः¹ (ghaṇṭikāsaḥ¹)
vocative	घण्टिक (ghaṇṭika)	घण्टिकौ (ghaṇṭikau) घण्टिका¹ (ghaṇṭikā¹)	घण्टिकाः (ghaṇṭikāḥ) घण्टिकासः¹ (ghaṇṭikāsaḥ¹)
accusative	घण्टिकम् (ghaṇṭikam)	घण्टिकौ (ghaṇṭikau) घण्टिका¹ (ghaṇṭikā¹)	घण्टिकान् (ghaṇṭikān)
instrumental	घण्टिकेन (ghaṇṭikena)	घण्टिकाभ्याम् (ghaṇṭikābhyām)	घण्टिकैः (ghaṇṭikaiḥ) घण्टिकेभिः¹ (ghaṇṭikebhiḥ¹)
dative	घण्टिकाय (ghaṇṭikāya)	घण्टिकाभ्याम् (ghaṇṭikābhyām)	घण्टिकेभ्यः (ghaṇṭikebhyaḥ)
ablative	घण्टिकात् (ghaṇṭikāt)	घण्टिकाभ्याम् (ghaṇṭikābhyām)	घण्टिकेभ्यः (ghaṇṭikebhyaḥ)
genitive	घण्टिकस्य (ghaṇṭikasya)	घण्टिकयोः (ghaṇṭikayoḥ)	घण्टिकानाम् (ghaṇṭikānām)
locative	घण्टिके (ghaṇṭike)	घण्टिकयोः (ghaṇṭikayoḥ)	घण्टिकेषु (ghaṇṭikeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Central:
  • Hindustani: ghaṛyāl, ghariār
    • Hindi: घड़्याल, घड़्यार
    • Urdu: گھَڑْیَال, گھَڑْیَار
• Eastern:
  • Assamese: ঘঁৰিয়াল (ghõrial), ঘঁড়িয়াল (ghõrial)
  • Bengali: ঘড়িয়াল (ghoṛiẏal)
  • Odia: ଘଡ଼ିଆଳ (ghaṛiāḷa)
• Southern:
  • Sindhi: ghaṛyālu

    Arabic script: گھَڙيَالُ

    Devanagari script: घर्यालु

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghantika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 238