घट्ट

Sanskrit

Etymology

Nominal derivation from the root घट्ट् (ghaṭṭ, “to rub, touch, shake”). The definitions are semantically related to the root in the sense that they connote places where the ground provides enough friction to stand in an otherwise wet and slippery location.

Noun

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa) m

a quay or landing-place
bathing-place
steps by a river-side
ferry

Descendants

Assamese: ঘাট (ghat)
Hindi: घाट (ghāṭ)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “घट्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0375.

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