گھنٹا

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀁𑀝 (ghaṃṭa), from Sanskrit घण्टा f (ghaṇṭā, “bell”). Doublet of گَھنْڈا‎ (ghanḍā).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kàṇṭā, IPA(key): /kə˨ɳ.ʈäː/
  • (Pakistan) Phonetic: kǣ̀ṇṭā, IPA(key): /kɜː˨ɳ.ʈäː/ (hour, singular)
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: گَھݨ‧ٹا

Noun

گَھنْٹا • (ghanṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘੰਟਾ)

  1. (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?
  2. large bell; gong
  3. clock (a big device used to tell the time)
    Synonym: گَھڑیال‎ (ghaṛiyal)
  4. (figuratively) nothing, jack

Declension
Declension of گھنٹا
dir. sg. گَھنْٹا‎ (ghanṭā)
dir. pl. گَھنْٹے‎ (ghanṭe)
singular plural
direct گَھنْٹا‎ (ghanṭā) گَھنْٹے‎ (ghanṭe)
oblique گَھنْٹے‎ (ghanṭe) گَھنْٹِیاں‎ (ghanṭiyāṉ)
vocative گَھنْٹِیا‎ (ghanṭiyā) گَھنْٹِیو‎ (ghanṭiyo)
ablative گَھنْٹِیوں‎ (ghanṭiyoṉ) —
locative گَھنْٹے‎ (ghanṭe) —
instrumental گَھنْٹے‎ (ghanṭe) —

Derived terms
  • گَھنْٹا گَھر‎ (ghanṭā ghar, “clock tower”)

References
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “گھنٹا‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “گھنٹہ‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ghaṇṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

گَھنْٹا • (ghanṭā) m (Hindi spelling घंटा)

  1. Alternative form of گھنٹہ‎ (ghanṭa).

References
  • “گھنٹا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “گھنٹا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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