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Saraiki
Etymology 1
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (ghaṭṭaï), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀢𑀺 (*ghaṭṭati). Cognate with Punjabi ਘੱਟਣਾ (ghaṭṭaṇā) / گَھٹݨا (ghaṭṇā), Hindustani گَھٹْنَا (ghaṭnā) / घटना (ghaṭnā), Gojri گَھٹْنو (ghaṭno), Marwari घटणौ (ghaṭṇau) / 𑅘𑅞𑅢𑅒 (ghṭṇu), Sindhi گَهٽَڻُ / घटणु / 𑊾𑋆𑋌𑋣 (ghaṭaṇu), Gujarati ઘટવું (ghaṭvũ), Marathi घटणे (ghaṭṇe), Nepali घट्नु (ghaṭnu), Maithili घटब (ghaṭab) / 𑒒𑒙𑒥 (ghaṭaba), Assamese ঘটা (ghota), ঘাটা (ghata).
Pronunciation
Verb
گَھٹَّݨ (ghaṭṭaṇ) (Devanagari घट्टण, Multani 𑊈𑊐𑊕) (intransitive)
- to decrease
Further reading
More information
- “گھٹّݩڑ”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 254
- سَعْدُاْللّٰہ خان کھیتْرَن ،مُحَمَّد (2016) “گھٹݨ”, in پَہْلِی وَڈّی سَرائِیکی لُغَت: سَرائِیکی تُوں اُرْدُو [pahlī vaḍḍī sarā'īkī luġat: sarā'īkī tūṉ urdū, The First Comprehensive Saraiki Dictionary: From Saraiki to Urdu] (in Urdu), Multan: بَہَاءْ اُلْدِّین زَکَرِیّا یُونِیوَرْسِٹِی [Bahauddin Zakariya University], page 559, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ghaṭṭati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 238
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Verb
گُھٹَّݨ (ghuṭṭaṇ) (transitive)
- to squeeze
Further reading