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Hindi
Pronunciation
Noun
घण्टा • (ghaṇṭā) m
- Alternative spelling of घंटा (ghaṇṭā)
Declension
Declension of घण्टा (masc ā-stem)
Nepali
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit घण्टा (ghaṇṭā)[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Phonetic Devanagari: घण्टा
Noun
घण्टा • (ghaṇṭā)
- hour
- bell, gong
- (offensive, mildly vulgar) dick, cock
- (mildly vulgar) pathetic, worthless
- कस्तो घण्टा जस्तो गाडी रहेछ।
- kasto ghaṇṭā jasto gāḍī rahecha.
- The vehicle sucks. (lit. What a pathetic vehicle.)
References
- ^ “घण्टा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Further reading
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “घन्टा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Noun
घण्टा • (ghaṇṭā) stem, f
- a bell
- a plate of iron or mixed metal struck as a clock
Declension
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “घण्टा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 375/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 167-8