घुट

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Noun

घुट • (ghuṭa) stemm

  1. the ankle

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घुट
singular dual plural
nominative घुटः (ghuṭaḥ) घुटौ (ghuṭau)
घुटा¹ (ghuṭā¹)
घुटाः (ghuṭāḥ)
घुटासः¹ (ghuṭāsaḥ¹)
accusative घुटम् (ghuṭam) घुटौ (ghuṭau)
घुटा¹ (ghuṭā¹)
घुटान् (ghuṭān)
instrumental घुटेन (ghuṭena) घुटाभ्याम् (ghuṭābhyām) घुटैः (ghuṭaiḥ)
घुटेभिः¹ (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)
vocative घुट (ghuṭa) घुटौ (ghuṭau)
घुटा¹ (ghuṭā¹)
घुटाः (ghuṭāḥ)
घुटासः¹ (ghuṭāsaḥ¹)
  • 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