घात

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑːt̪/, [ɡʱäːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit घात (ghāta).

घात • (ghāt) m

1. blow, attack, hit

   Synonym: प्रहार (prahār)

2. bruise, injury

   Synonym: चोट (coṭ)

3. killing, slaying, murder

   Synonyms: वध (vadh), हत्या (hatyā)

4. (mathematics) power

Unknown.

घात • (ghāt) m

1. opportunity, chance

   Synonyms: अवसर (avsar), मौक़ा (mauqā)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “घात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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घात • (ghāta) m

1. a blow, bruise
2. slaying, killing
3. injuring, hurting, devastation, destruction

• घातक (ghātaka)
• घातिन् (ghātin)
• घातुक (ghātuka)

• Khmer: ឃាត (khiət)
  • Thai: ฆาต (kâat)

• Monier Williams (1899), “घात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377.