घुटना

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡʱʊʈ.nɑː/, [ɡʱʊʈ.näː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit घुण्ट (ghuṇṭa) / घुट (ghuṭa). Compare Marathi गुडघा (guḍghā).

Noun

घुटना • (ghuṭnām (Urdu spelling گھٹنا)

  1. (anatomy) knee
    घुटनों के बल चलनाghuṭnõ ke bal calnāthe knees to go weak; to submit, yield (idiom)
Declension
Declension of घुटना (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct घुटना
ghuṭnā
घुटने
ghuṭne
oblique घुटने
ghuṭne
घुटनों
ghuṭnõ
vocative घुटने
ghuṭne
घुटनो
ghuṭno

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (ghuṭṭaï, drinks), from an unattested Prakrit [script needed] (*ghuṭṭ, gulp, swallow), of Dravidian and/or onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

घुटना • (ghuṭnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling گھٹنا)

  1. to suffocate
  2. to be polished, cleaned
  3. to be pounded
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • दम घुटना (dam ghuṭnā, to suffocate, to lose breath)
  • घुटन होना (ghuṭan honā, to not be able to breathe properly)

References