घुट

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• घुण्ट (ghuṇṭa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘুট (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬸᬝ (Balinese script)
• ঘুট (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰲𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ဃုဋ (Burmese script)
• ઘુટ (Gujarati script)
• ਘੁਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑍁𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦸꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑂳𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಘುಟ (Kannada script)
• ឃុដ (Khmer script)
• ຆຸຏ (Lao script)
• ഘുട (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᡠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘳𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠤᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑧔𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐸𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଘୁଟ (Odia script)
• ꢕꢸꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆶𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖲𑖘 (Siddham script)
• ඝුට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑩒𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚰𑚔 (Takri script)
• கு⁴ட (Tamil script)
• ఘుట (Telugu script)
• ฆุฏ (Thai script)
• གྷུ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒳𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨃𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, due to the wide phonetic variation of its secondary forms in vernacular dialects; compare Kui (India) ଗୁଟା (guṭa, “stump of tree”), Kurukh [script needed] (mal-guṭā, “instep, back of the hand”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱu.ʈɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʱu.ʈɐ/

Noun

घुट • (ghuṭa) stem, m

1. the ankle

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घुट (ghuṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	घुटः ghuṭaḥ	घुटौ / घुटा¹ ghuṭau / ghuṭā¹	घुटाः / घुटासः¹ ghuṭāḥ / ghuṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative	घुट ghuṭa	घुटौ / घुटा¹ ghuṭau / ghuṭā¹	घुटाः / घुटासः¹ ghuṭāḥ / ghuṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative	घुटम् ghuṭam	घुटौ / घुटा¹ ghuṭau / ghuṭā¹	घुटान् ghuṭān
Instrumental	घुटेन ghuṭena	घुटाभ्याम् ghuṭābhyām	घुटैः / घुटेभिः¹ ghuṭaiḥ / ghuṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	घुटाय ghuṭāya	घुटाभ्याम् ghuṭābhyām	घुटेभ्यः ghuṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	घुटात् ghuṭāt	घुटाभ्याम् ghuṭābhyām	घुटेभ्यः ghuṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	घुटस्य ghuṭasya	घुटयोः ghuṭayoḥ	घुटानाम् ghuṭānām
Locative	घुटे ghuṭe	घुटयोः ghuṭayoḥ	घुटेषु ghuṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “घुट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 170
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 359