ਘੰਟਾ
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- ਘੈਂਟਾ (ghaiṇṭā)
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀁𑀝 (ghaṃṭa), from Sanskrit घण्टा f (ghaṇṭā, “bell”). Doublet of ਘੰਡਾ (ghaṇḍā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kàṇṭā, IPA(key): /kə˨ɳ.ʈäː/
- (Majhi) Phonetic: kǣ̀ṇṭā, IPA(key): [kɜː˨ɳ.ʈäː] (hour, singular)
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: ਘਣ੍‧ਟਾ
Noun
ਘੰਟਾ • (ghaṇṭā) m (Shahmukhi spelling گَھنْٹا)
- (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: ਘੜਿਆਲ (ghaṛiāla)
- (figuratively) nothing, jack
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ਘੰਟਾ (ghaṇṭā) | ਘੰਟੇ (ghaṇṭe) |
| oblique | ਘੰਟੇ (ghaṇṭe) | ਘੰਟਿਆਂ (ghaṇṭiā̃) |
| vocative | ਘੰਟਿਆ (ghaṇṭiā) | ਘੰਟਿਓ (ghaṇṭio) |
| ablative | ਘੰਟਿਓਂ (ghaṇṭiõ) | — |
| locative | ਘੰਟੇ (ghaṇṭe) | — |
| instrumental | ਘੰਟੇ (ghaṇṭe) | — |
Derived terms
- ਘੰਟਾ ਘਰ (ghaṇṭā ghar, “clock tower”)
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ਘੰਟਾ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “گھنٹہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṇṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press