# घट्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ঘট্ (Assamese script)
* ᬖᬝ᭄ (Balinese script)
* ঘট্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰑𑰘𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀖𑀝𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဃဋ် (Burmese script)
* ઘટ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਘਟ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌘𑌟𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦓꦛ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂐𑂗𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಘಟ್ (Kannada script)
* ឃដ៑ (Khmer script)
* ຆຏ຺ (Lao script)
* ഘട് (Malayalam script)
* ᢚᠠᢞ (Manchu script)
* 𑘑𑘘𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠾᠠᢌ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦱𑦸𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐑𑐚𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଘଟ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢕꢜ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆔𑆛𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖑𑖘𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ඝට් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩟𑩦 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚍𑚔𑚶 (Takri script)
* க⁴ட் (Tamil script)
* ఘట్ (Telugu script)
* ฆฏฺ (Thai script)
* གྷ་ཊ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒒𑒙𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨎𑨔𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡʱɐʈ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɡʱɐʈ/

### Etymology 1

Sanskritization of a vernacular form of ग्रथ् (grath), ग्रन्थ् (granth, “to arrange, string together”), via a series of sound changes ग्रथ् (grath) > *गठ् (gaṭh) > घट् (ghaṭ), with a metathesis of the aspiration.

#### Root

घट् • (ghaṭ)
* to be intently occupied, strive, effect, impel
* to reach, come to
* to fall to the share of
* to take effect, answer
* to happen, take place, be possible, suit
* to be in connection or united with

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* घटते (gháṭate, Present)
* घटति (gháṭati, Present)
* घटिष्यते (ghaṭiṣyáte, Future)
* घटिता (ghaṭitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अघटिष्ट (ághaṭiṣṭa, Aorist)
* जघटे (jaghaṭé, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* घट्यते (ghaṭyáte, Passive)
* अघाटि (ághāṭi, Passive Aorist)
* घाटयति (ghāṭáyati, Causative)
* घटयति (ghaṭáyati, Causative)
* घाट्यते (ghāṭyáte, Passive of Causative)
* जिघटिषति (jíghaṭiṣati, Desiderative)
* जाघटीति (jāghaṭīti, Intensive)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* घटित (ghaṭitá, Past Participle)
* घटितुम् (gháṭitum, Infinitive)
* घाटनीय (ghāṭanī́ya, Gerundive)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* घट (ghaṭa)
* घटक (ghaṭaka)
* घटन (ghaṭana)
* घटना (ghaṭanā)
* घाट (ghāṭa)
* घाटक (ghāṭaka)
* घाटिन् (ghāṭin)
* घाटन (ghāṭana)
* घाटि (ghāṭi)
* घटयितव्य (ghaṭayitavya)
* उद्घटित (udghaṭita)
* उद्घाटयति (udghāṭayati)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* अपघट् (apaghaṭ)
* उद्घट् (udghaṭ)
* विघट् (vighaṭ)
* संघट् (saṃghaṭ)

### Etymology 2

Related to घट्ट् (ghaṭṭ).

#### Root

घट् • (ghaṭ)
* Alternative form of घट्ट् (ghaṭṭ)

##### Derived terms

* घटते (“to hurt with words”)
* घटयति (“to rub, graze”)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “GHAṬ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 167
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) “gháṭate”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 355

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “घट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0375/1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “घट्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 041
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “घट्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016