घट्ट

Marathi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʱəʈ.ʈə/

Adjective

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa)

  1. tight
    Antonyms: सैल (sail), ढिले (ḍhile)
  2. thick
    Synonym: जाड (j̈āḍ)

Adverb

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa)

  1. tightly
  2. thickly

Synonyms

  1. घट्टपणे (ghaṭṭapaṇe)

Derived terms

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “घट्ट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “घट्ट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “घट्ट”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian;[1][2] compare Telugu గట్టు (gaṭṭu, dam, embankment), కట్ట (kaṭṭa, dam, embankment), derived from కట్టు (kaṭṭu, to tie).

Pronunciation

Noun

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa) stemm

  1. a quay or landing-place, wharf
  2. bathing-place
  3. steps by a riverside
  4. ferry

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घट्ट
singular dual plural
nominative घट्टः (ghaṭṭaḥ) घट्टौ (ghaṭṭau)
घट्टा¹ (ghaṭṭā¹)
घट्टाः (ghaṭṭāḥ)
घट्टासः¹ (ghaṭṭāsaḥ¹)
accusative घट्टम् (ghaṭṭam) घट्टौ (ghaṭṭau)
घट्टा¹ (ghaṭṭā¹)
घट्टान् (ghaṭṭān)
instrumental घट्टेन (ghaṭṭena) घट्टाभ्याम् (ghaṭṭābhyām) घट्टैः (ghaṭṭaiḥ)
घट्टेभिः¹ (ghaṭṭebhiḥ¹)
dative घट्टाय (ghaṭṭāya) घट्टाभ्याम् (ghaṭṭābhyām) घट्टेभ्यः (ghaṭṭebhyaḥ)
ablative घट्टात् (ghaṭṭāt) घट्टाभ्याम् (ghaṭṭābhyām) घट्टेभ्यः (ghaṭṭebhyaḥ)
genitive घट्टस्य (ghaṭṭasya) घट्टयोः (ghaṭṭayoḥ) घट्टानाम् (ghaṭṭānām)
locative घट्टे (ghaṭṭe) घट्टयोः (ghaṭṭayoḥ) घट्टेषु (ghaṭṭeṣu)
vocative घट्ट (ghaṭṭa) घट्टौ (ghaṭṭau)
घट्टा¹ (ghaṭṭā¹)
घट्टाः (ghaṭṭāḥ)
घट्टासः¹ (ghaṭṭāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: گاٹھ (gāṭh)
  • Southern:
    • Marathi: घाट (ghāṭ, mountain pass)
    • Konkani: घाटु (ghāṭu)
  • Eastern:
    • Assamese: ঘাট (ghat)
    • Bengali: ঘাট (ghaṭ)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: घाट (ghāṭ, bathing or landing place)
    • Odia: ଘାଟ (ghāṭa, ferry, wharf), ଘାଟୀ (ghāṭi, mountain pass)
    • Rohingya: gáñth
  • Western:
    • Punjabi:
    • Sindhi: گهَٽُ (ghaṭu, passage, path), گھِٽِي (ghiṭī, street, alley), گھَاٽُ (ghāṭu, pass, landing place)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: घाट (ghāṭ, crossing place)
    • Nepali: घाट (ghāṭ, ford, landing place), घाटि (ghāṭi, mountain pass)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa)
  • Telugu: ఘట్టము (ghaṭṭamu)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “ghaṭṭa-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 167
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1147”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • Monier Williams (1899) “घट्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0375/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 356