घात

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See also: घृत

Hindi

 घात on Hindi Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

घात • (ghāta) stem, m

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Khmer: ឃាត (khiət)
  • 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]
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