घाट

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa), from Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑːʈ/, [ɡʱäːʈ]

घाट • (ghāṭ) m (Urdu spelling گھاٹ)

1. pier, wharf, a landing place for boats
2. ford, embankment, slope leading to water
   1. a flight of steps leading to water
   2. a place along a river where clothes are washed
3. mountain pass

• → English: ghat

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “घाट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “घाट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press