जमघट

Hindi

Alternative forms

• जमघटा (jamghaṭā), जमघट्ट (jamghaṭṭ)

Etymology

The first part is from जमना (jamnā, “to solidify”) and the second part is derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa, “dense, collection, troop”), from Sanskrit घटा (ghaṭā, “mass”), whence घटा (ghaṭā, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəm.ɡʱəʈ/, [d͡ʒɐ̃m.ɡʱɐʈ]

Noun

जमघट • (jamghaṭ) m (Urdu spelling جمگھٹ)

1. a dense crowd; crush
   • 1994, Virendra Jain, Paar, Vani Prakashan, page 63:

     ... जमघट के दीदार जरूर हुए थे।

     ... jamghaṭ ke dīdār jarūr hue the.

     ... were surely witness to the dense crowd.

2. gathering

Declension

Declension of जमघट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जमघट jamghaṭ	जमघट jamghaṭ
oblique	जमघट jamghaṭ	जमघटों jamghaṭõ
vocative	जमघट jamghaṭ	जमघटो jamghaṭo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जमघट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press