ਘੰਟਾ

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Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀁𑀝 (ghaṃṭa), from Sanskrit घण्टा f (ghaṇṭā, “bell”). Doublet of ਘੰਡਾ (ghaṇḍā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ਘੰਟਾ • (ghaṇṭā) m (Shahmukhi spelling گَھنْٹا)

  1. (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?
  2. large bell; gong
  3. clock (a big device used to tell the time)
    Synonym: ਘੜਿਆਲ (ghaṛiāla)
  4. (figuratively) nothing, jack

Declension

Declension of ਘੰਟਾ
dir. sg. ਘੰਟਾ (ghaṇṭā)
dir. pl. ਘੰਟੇ (ghaṇṭe)
singular plural
direct ਘੰਟਾ (ghaṇṭā) ਘੰਟੇ (ghaṇṭe)
oblique ਘੰਟੇ (ghaṇṭe) ਘੰਟਿਆਂ (ghaṇṭiā̃)
vocative ਘੰਟਿਆ (ghaṇṭiā) ਘੰਟਿਓ (ghaṇṭio)
ablative ਘੰਟਿਓਂ (ghaṇṭiõ) —
locative ਘੰਟੇ (ghaṇṭe) —
instrumental ਘੰਟੇ (ghaṇṭe) —

Derived terms

References

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ਘੰਟਾ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “گھنٹہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṇṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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