जमघट

• जमघटा (jamghaṭā), जमघट्ट (jamghaṭṭ)

The first part is from जमना (jamnā, “to solidify”) and the second part is derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa, “dense, collection, troop”), from Sanskrit घटा (ghaṭā, “mass”), whence घटा (ghaṭā, “cloud”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəm.ɡʱəʈ/, [d͡ʒɐ̃m.ɡʱɐʈ]

जमघट • (jamghaṭ) m (Urdu spelling جمگھٹ)

1. a dense crowd; crush
   • 1994, Virendra Jain, Paar, Vani Prakashan, page 63:

     ... जमघट के दीदार जरूर हुए थे।

     ... jamghaṭ ke dīdār jarūr hue the.

     ... were surely witness to the dense crowd.

2. gathering

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जमघट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press