घट्ट्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of unclear origin, either from a vernacular and/or Munda source.

Pronunciation

Root

घट्ट् • (ghaṭṭ)

  1. to rub (the hands) over, touch, shake, cause to move
  2. to stir round
  3. to have a bad effect or influence on
  4. to hurt with words, speak of malignantly

Derived terms

  • घट्टते (ghaṭṭate)
  • घट्टयति (ghaṭṭayati)
  • घट्टयान (ghaṭṭayāna)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “घट्ट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 375/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 41
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 512
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭṭáyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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