گھنٹا
Punjabi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀁𑀝 (ghaṃṭa), from Sanskrit घण्टा f (ghaṇṭā, “bell”). Doublet of گَھنْڈا (ghanḍā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kàṇṭā, IPA(key): /ɡ̊ə˥˩ɳ.ʈäː/
- (Majhi) Phonetic: kǣ̀ṇṭā, IPA(key): [ɡ̊ɛː˥˩ɳ.ʈäː]
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
- (Pothwari) Phonetic: gǣṇṭā, IPA(key): [ɡɛːɳ.ʈäː]
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: گَھں‧ٹا
Noun
گَھن٘ٹا • (ghaṉṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘੰਟਾ)
- (time) hour
- 1991, افظل توصیف [Afz̤al Tauṣīf, اقبال قیصر – Iqbāl Qaiṣar], غلام نہ ہو جائے مشرق [Lest the East become slaves], نگارشات [Nigārishāt], →OCLC, page 113:
- گھنٹے وچ کِنے؟ چالی دناں وچ کنے؟
- ghanṭe vicc kinne? cālī dināṉ vicc kinne?
- How many in an hour? How many in forty days?
- large bell; gong
- clock (a big device used to tell the time)
- Synonym: گَھڑی (ghaṛī)
- (slang) nothing, jack
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | گَھن٘ٹا (ghaṉṭā) | گَھن٘ٹے (ghaṉṭe) |
| oblique | گَھن٘ٹے (ghaṉṭe) | گَھن٘ٹیْاں (ghaṉṭiyāṉ) |
| vocative | گَھن٘ٹیْا (ghaṉṭiyā) | گَھن٘ٹیو (ghaṉṭeyo) |
| ablative | گَھن٘ٹیوں (ghaṉṭeyoṉ) | گَھن٘ٹیْاں (ghaṉṭiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | گَھن٘ٹِیں (ghaṉṭīṉ) |
| instrumental | گَھن٘ٹے (ghaṉṭe) | – |
Derived terms
- گَھن٘ٹا گَھر (ghaṉṭā ghar, “clock tower”)
Related terms
- گَھڑی (ghaṛī, “watch, timepiece”)
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گھنٹا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṇṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡʱən.ʈɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: گَھنْ‧ٹا
Noun
گَھنْٹا • (ghanṭā) m (Hindi spelling घंटा)
- alternative form of گھنٹہ (ghanṭa)