घटी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘটী (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬝᬷ (Balinese script)
• ঘটী (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰘𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀝𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဃဋီ (Burmese script)
• ઘટી (Gujarati script)
• ਘਟੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑌟𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦛꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑂗𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಘಟೀ (Kannada script)
• ឃដី (Khmer script)
• ຆຏີ (Lao script)
• ഘടീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᠠᢞᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘘𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠠᢌᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑦸𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐚𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଘଟୀ (Odia script)
• ꢕꢜꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆛𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖘𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ඝටී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑩦𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚔𑚯 (Takri script)
• க⁴டீ (Tamil script)
• ఘటీ (Telugu script)
• ฆฏี (Thai script)
• གྷ་ཊཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒙𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨔𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Feminine form of घट (ghaṭa, “pot”).

Noun

घटी • (ghaṭī) stem, f

1. a pot
2. a water clock
3. a short time period (often of 24 minutes)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of घटी (ghaṭī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	घटी ghaṭī	घट्यौ / घटी¹ ghaṭyau / ghaṭī¹	घट्यः / घटीः¹ ghaṭyaḥ / ghaṭīḥ¹
Vocative	घटि ghaṭi	घट्यौ / घटी¹ ghaṭyau / ghaṭī¹	घट्यः / घटीः¹ ghaṭyaḥ / ghaṭīḥ¹
Accusative	घटीम् ghaṭīm	घट्यौ / घटी¹ ghaṭyau / ghaṭī¹	घटीः ghaṭīḥ
Instrumental	घट्या ghaṭyā	घटीभ्याम् ghaṭībhyām	घटीभिः ghaṭībhiḥ
Dative	घट्यै ghaṭyai	घटीभ्याम् ghaṭībhyām	घटीभ्यः ghaṭībhyaḥ
Ablative	घट्याः / घट्यै² ghaṭyāḥ / ghaṭyai²	घटीभ्याम् ghaṭībhyām	घटीभ्यः ghaṭībhyaḥ
Genitive	घट्याः / घट्यै² ghaṭyāḥ / ghaṭyai²	घट्योः ghaṭyoḥ	घटीनाम् ghaṭīnām
Locative	घट्याम् ghaṭyām	घट्योः ghaṭyoḥ	घटीषु ghaṭīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Shina: گی (găi), گڑ (gaṛí)
  • Khowar: گوڵ (goḷi)
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Waigali: geṛī́, gīṛi
• Pali: ghaṭī
• Prakrit: 𑀖𑀟𑀻 (ghaḍī), 𑀖𑀟𑀺𑀆 (ghaḍiā)
  • Central:
    • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
      • Awadhi: घरी (gharī), घरिया (ghariyā)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Braj: घड़ि (ghaṛi)
      • Hindustani: ghaṛī, ghaṛiyā
        • Hindi: घड़ी, घड़िया
        • Urdu: گھَڑِی (ghaṛī), گھَڑِیَا (ghaṛiyā)
      • Romani: gari
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: ঘড়ী (ghori)
      • Bengali: ঘড়ি (ghoṛi), ঘড়ী (ghoṛi)
        • → Atong (India): khori
        • → Garo: gori
        • → Santali: ᱜᱷᱩᱰᱤ (ghuḍi)
      • Bihari: घरिया (ghariyā)
      • Odia: ଘଡ଼ୀ (ghôṛi)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: घड़ी (ghaṛī)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: घरि (ghari)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: घड़िओ घेड़िओ (ghaṛio gheṛio)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: ghaṛī

          Gurmukhi script: ਘੜੀ

          Shahmukhi script: گھَڑِی (ghaṛī)

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: ghaṛī

          Arabic script: گھَڙِي

          Devanagari script: घड़ी

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ގުޅި (guḷi)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: ghaḍi

        Devanagari script: घडि

        Kannada script: ಘಡಿ

        Latin script: ghaddi

      • Marathi: घडी (ghaḍī)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Old Gujarati:
        • Gujarati: ઘડી (ghaḍī)
        • Marwari: घड़ी (ghaṛī)

Borrowed terms

• → Hindi: घटी (ghaṭī)
• → Nepali: घटी (ghaṭī)
• → Classical Newar: 𑐑𑐚𑐶
  • Newar: घौ (ghau)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghata”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 237