# घट्ट
## Marathi
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʱəʈ.ʈə/

### Adjective

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa)
* tight
    Antonyms: सैल (sail), ढिले (ḍhile)
* thick
    Synonym: जाड (j̈āḍ)

### Adverb

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa)
* tightly
* thickly

#### Synonyms

* घट्टपणे (ghaṭṭapaṇe)

#### Derived terms

* घट्टपणा (ghaṭṭapaṇā, “tightness, thickness”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “घट्ट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “घट्ट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “घट्ट”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ঘট্ট (Assamese script)
* ᬖᬝ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
* ঘট্ট (Bengali script)
* 𑰑𑰘𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ဃဋ္ဋ (Burmese script)
* ઘટ્ટ (Gujarati script)
* ਘਟ੍ਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌘𑌟𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦓꦛ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂐𑂗𑂹𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ಘಟ್ಟ (Kannada script)
* ឃដ្ដ (Khmer script)
* ຆຏ຺ຏ (Lao script)
* ഘട്ട (Malayalam script)
* ᢚᠠᢞᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘑𑘘𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠾᠠᢌᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦱𑦸𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐑𑐚𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
* ଘଟ୍ଟ (Odia script)
* ꢕꢜ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆔𑆛𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖑𑖘𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
* ඝට‍්ට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩟𑩦 𑪙𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚍𑚔𑚶𑚔 (Takri script)
* க⁴ட்ட (Tamil script)
* ఘట్ట (Telugu script)
* ฆฏฺฏ (Thai script)
* གྷ་ཊྚ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒒𑒙𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨎𑨔𑩇𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Telugu గట్టు (gaṭṭu, “dam, embankment”), కట్ట (kaṭṭa, “dam, embankment”), derived from కట్టు (kaṭṭu, “to tie”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡʱɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ɡʱɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɡʱɐʈ.ʈɐ/, [ˈɡʱɐʈ̚.ʈɐ]

### Noun

घट्ट • (ghaṭṭa) stem, m
* a quay or landing-place, wharf
* bathing-place
* steps by a riverside
* ferry

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: گاٹھ (gāṭh)
* Southern:
** Marathi: घाट (ghāṭ, “mountain pass”)
** Konkani: घाटु (ghāṭu)
* Eastern:
** Assamese: ঘাট (ghat)
** Bengali: ঘাট (ghaṭ)
** Bihari:
*** Bhojpuri: घाट (ghāṭ, “bathing or landing place”)
** Odia: ଘାଟ (ghāṭa, “ferry, wharf”), ଘାଟୀ (ghāṭi, “mountain pass”)
** Rohingya: gáñth
* Western:
** Punjabi:
*** Gurmukhi script: ਘਾਟ (ghāṭ), ਘਾੱਟਾ (ghāṭṭā), ਘਾੱਟੀ (ghāṭṭī)
*** Shahmukhi script: گھَاٹ (ghāṭ), گھَاٹَّا (ghāṭṭā), گھَاٹِّی (ghāṭṭiī)
** Sindhi: گهَٽُ (ghaṭu, “passage, path”), گھِٽِي (ghiṭī, “street, alley”), گھَاٽُ (ghāṭu, “pass, landing place”)
* Northern:
** Kumaoni: घाट (ghāṭ, “crossing place”)
** Nepali: घाट (ghāṭ, “ford, landing place”), घाटि (ghāṭi, “mountain pass”)
* Central:
** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa)
*** Gujarati: ઘાટ (ghāṭ, “mountain pass”)
*** Hindi: घाट (ghāṭ)
**** → English: ghat, Ghats
**** → Italian: Ghati
**** → Portuguese: Gate
*** Hindi: घाटा (ghāṭā, “mountain pass”), घाटी (ghāṭī, “defile”)
* → Telugu: ఘట్టము (ghaṭṭamu)

### References

* ↑ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1147”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
* Monier Williams (1899) “घट्ट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0375/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 167
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 356