घुटना

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡʱʊʈ.nɑː/,

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit घुण्ट (ghuṇṭa) / घुट (ghuṭa). Compare Marathi गुडघा (guḍghā).

Noun

घुटना (ghuṭnām (Urdu spelling گھٹنا)

  1. (anatomy) knee
    घुटनों के बल चलनाghuṭnõ ke bal calnāthe knees to go weak; to submit, yield (idiom)
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit (ghuṭṭaï, drinks), from an unattested Prakrit (*ghuṭṭ, gulp, swallow), of Dravidian and/or onomatopoeic origin.

Verb

घुटना (ghuṭnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling گھٹنا)

  1. to suffocate
  2. to be polished, cleaned
  3. to be pounded
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