پنگھٹ

Urdu

FWOTD – 27 February 2016

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Urdu پَنـ (pan-)
    Urdu گھات (ghāt)
    Urdu پَنْگَھٹ (panghaṭ)

    From پَنـ (pan-, “water”) +‎ گھات (ghāt, “bank”)

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    پَنْگَھٹ • (panghaṭ) m (Hindi spelling पनघट)

    1. passage to a river
    2. stair or quay for drawing water
      • 1960, “موہے پَنْگَھٹ پے [mohe panghaṭ pe]”, in شَکِیل بَدایُونی [śakīl badāyūnī] (lyrics), مُغَلِ اَعْظَم [muġal-i a'zam], performed by لَتا مَن٘گیشْکَر [latā maṅgeśkar]:
        ... موہے پَنْگَھٹ پے نَنْد لال چھیڑ گَئیو رے ...
        ... mohe panghaṭ pe nand lāl cheṛ gayo re ...
        ...Oh on the river quay, Nandlāl has teased me..

    Declension

    Declension of پنگھٹ
    singular plural
    direct پَنْگَھٹ (panghaṭ) پَنْگَھٹ (panghaṭ)
    oblique پَنْگَھٹ (panghaṭ) پَنْگَھٹوں (panghaṭõ)
    vocative پَنْگَھٹ (panghaṭ) پَنْگَھٹو (panghaṭo)

    References

    • “پنگھٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • John Shakespear (1834) “پنگھٹ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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