घात

See also: घृत

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit घात (ghāta).

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

Declension of घात (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घात ghāt	घात ghāt
oblique	घात ghāt	घातों ghātõ
vocative	घात ghāt	घातो ghāto

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

घात • (ghāt) m

1. opportunity, chance

   Synonyms: अवसर (avsar), मौक़ा (mauqā)

2. intention
3. trickery, ploy

Declension

Declension of घात (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घात ghāt	घात ghāt
oblique	घात ghāt	घातों ghātõ
vocative	घात ghāt	घातो ghāto

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑː.tɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʱɑː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

घात • (ghāta) stem, m

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

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