घात

See also: घृत

Hindi

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

Etymology 1

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

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
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

घात • (ghāt) m

  1. opportunity, chance
    Synonyms: अवसर (avsar), मौक़ा (mauqā)
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬖᬵᬢ (Balinese script)
  • ঘাত (Assamese script)
  • ঘাত (Bengali script)
  • 𑰑𑰯𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀖𑀸𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌘𑌾𑌤 (Grantha script)
  • ઘાત (Gujarati script)
  • ਘਾਤ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦓꦴꦠ (Javanese script)
  • ឃាត (Khmer script)
  • ಘಾತ (Kannada script)
  • ຆາຕ (Lao script)
  • ഘാത (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘑𑘰𑘝 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠾᠠᢗᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢚᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဃာတ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦱𑧑𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐑𑐵𑐟 (Newa script)
  • ଘାତ (Odia script)
  • ꢕꢵꢡ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆔𑆳𑆠 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖑𑖯𑖝 (Siddham script)
  • ඝාත (Sinhalese script)
  • க⁴ாத (Tamil script)
  • ఘాత (Telugu script)
  • ฆาต (Thai script)
  • གྷཱ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒒𑒰𑒞 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

घात • (ghāta) stem, m

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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Khmer: ឃាត (khiət)
  • Odia: ଘାତ (ghatô)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899), “घात”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377.
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022), “घात”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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