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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঘুট (Assamese script)
- ᬖᬸᬝ (Balinese script)
- ঘুট (Bengali script)
- 𑰑𑰲𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀖𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- ဃုဋ (Burmese script)
- ઘુટ (Gujarati script)
- ਘੁਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌘𑍁𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦓꦸꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂐𑂳𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ಘುಟ (Kannada script)
- ឃុដ (Khmer script)
- ຆຸຏ (Lao script)
- ഘുട (Malayalam script)
- ᢚᡠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘑𑘳𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠾᠤᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦱𑧔𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐑𑐸𑐚 (Newa script)
- ଘୁଟ (Odia script)
- ꢕꢸꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆔𑆶𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖑𑖲𑖘 (Siddham script)
- ඝුට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩟𑩒𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚍𑚰𑚔 (Takri script)
- கு⁴ட (Tamil script)
- ఘుట (Telugu script)
- ฆุฏ (Thai script)
- གྷུ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒒𑒳𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨎𑨃𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Dravidian, due to the wide phonetic variation of its secondary forms in vernacular dialects; compare Kui (India) ଗୁଟା (guṭa, “stump of tree”), Kurukh (mal-guṭā, “instep, back of the hand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
घुट • (ghuṭa) stem, m
- the ankle
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “घुट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 170
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 359