घट्ट

Marathi

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡʱəʈ.ʈə/

Adjective

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa)

  1. tight
    Antonym: सैल (sail)
  2. thick
    Synonym: जाड (j̈āḍ)

Adverb

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa)

  1. tightly
  2. thickly

Synonyms
  1. घट्टपणे (ghaṭṭapaṇe)

Derived terms
  • घट्टपणा (ghaṭṭapaṇā, “tightness, thickness”)

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “घट्ट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “घट्ट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “घट्ट”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬖᬝ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
  • ঘট্ট (Assamese script)
  • ঘট্ট (Bengali script)
  • 𑰑𑰘𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌘𑌟𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
  • ઘટ્ટ (Gujarati script)
  • ਘਟੑਟ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦓꦛ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
  • ឃដ្ដ (Khmer script)
  • ಘಟ್ಟ (Kannada script)
  • ຆຏ຺ຏ (Lao script)
  • ഘട്ട (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘑𑘘𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠾᠠᢌᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢚᠠᢞᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဃဋ္ဋ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦱𑦸𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐑𑐚𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
  • ଘଟ୍ଟ (Oriya script)
  • ꢕꢜ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆔𑆛𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖑𑖘𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
  • ඝට්ට (Sinhalese script)
  • ఘట్ట (Telugu script)
  • ฆฏฺฏ (Thai script)
  • གྷ་ཊྚ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒒𑒙𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Nominal derivation from the root घट्ट् (ghaṭṭ, “to rub, touch, shake”). The definitions are semantically related to the root in the sense that they connote places where the ground provides enough friction to stand in an otherwise wet and slippery location.

Pronunciation
  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡʱɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ɡʱɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡʱɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ˈɡʱɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]

Noun

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa) m

  1. a quay or landing-place, wharf
  2. bathing-place
  3. steps by a river-side
  4. ferry

Descendants
  • Dardic:
    • Kashmiri: گاٹھ‎ (gāṭh)
  • Southern:
    • Marathi: घाट (ghāṭ, “mountain pass”)
    • Konkani: घाटु
  • Eastern:
    • Assamese: ঘাট (ghat, “bathing or landing place”)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: घाट (ghāṭ, “bathing or landing place”)
    • Bengali: ঘাট (ghaṭ, “mountain pass”)
    • Oriya: ଘାଟ (ghaṭô, “ferry, wharf”), ଘାଟୀ (ghaṭi, “mountain pass”)
    • Rohingya: gáñth
  • Western:
    • Punjabi:
      • Gurmukhi script: ਘਾਟ (ghāṭ), ਘਾੱਟਾ (ghāṭṭā), ਘਾੱਟੀ (ghāṭṭī)
      • Shahmukhi script: گھَاٹ‎ (ghāṭ), گھَاٹَّا‎ (ghāṭṭā), گھَاٹِّی‎ (ghāṭṭī)
    • Sindhi: گهَٽُ‎ (ghaṭu, “passage, path”), گھِٽِي‎ (ghiṭī, “street, alley”), گھَاٽُ‎ (ghāṭu, “pass, landing place”)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: घाट (ghāṭ, “crossing place”)
    • Nepali: घाट (ghāṭ, “ford, landing place”), घाटि (ghāṭi, “mountain pass”)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa)
      • Gujarati: ઘાટ (ghāṭ, “mountain pass”)
      • Hindi: घाट (ghāṭ)
      • Hindi: घाटा (ghāṭā, “mountain pass”), घाटी (ghāṭī, “defile”)
  • → Telugu: ఘట్టము (ghaṭṭamu)

References
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