گھنٹا
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Punjabi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀁𑀝 (ghaṃṭa), from Sanskrit घण्टा f (ghaṇṭā, “bell”). Doublet of گَھنْڈا (ghanḍā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kàṇṭā, IPA(key): /kə˨ɳ.ʈäː/
- (Majhi) Phonetic: kǣ̀ṇṭā, IPA(key): (hour, singular)
- (Pothwari) Phonetic: gǣṇṭā, IPA(key): (hour, singular)
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: گَھݨ‧ٹا
Noun
گَھنْٹا • (ghanṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘੰਟਾ)
- (time) hour
- 1991, افظل توصیف [Afz̤al Tauṣīf, اقبال قیصر – Iqbāl Qaiṣar], غلام نہ ہو جائے مشرق [Lest the East become slaves], نگارشات [Nigārishāt], →OCLC, page 113:
- گھنٹے وچ کِنے؟ چالی دناں وچ کنے؟
- ghanṭe vicc kinne? cālī dināṉ vicc kinne?
- How many in an hour? How many in forty days?
- large bell; gong
- clock (a big device used to tell the time)
- Synonym: گَھڑیال (ghaṛeyāl)
- (slang) nothing, jack
Declension
| Declension of گھنٹا | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā) | |
| dir. pl. | گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā) | گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe) |
| oblique | گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe) | گَھنْٹیْاں (ghanṭiyāṉ) |
| vocative | گَھنْٹیْا (ghanṭiyā) | گَھنْٹیو (ghanṭeyo) |
| ablative | گَھنْٹیوں (ghanṭeyoṉ) | گَھنْٹیْاں (ghanṭiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | گَھنْٹِیں (ghanṭīṉ) |
| instrumental | گَھنْٹے (ghanṭe) | – |
Derived terms
- گَھنْٹا گَھر (ghanṭā ghar, “clock tower”)
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گھنٹا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “گھنٹہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṇṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡʱən.ʈɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: گَھنْ‧ٹا
Noun
گَھنْٹا • (ghanṭā) m (Hindi spelling घंटा)
- Alternative form of گھنٹہ (ghanṭa).