जमघट
Hindi edit
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Etymology edit
The first part is from जमना (jamnā, “to solidify”) and the second part is derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝 (ghaṭṭa, “dense, collection, troop”), from Sanskrit घटा (ghaṭā, “mass”), whence घटा (ghaṭā, “cloud”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
जमघट • (jamghaṭ) m (Urdu spelling جمگھٹ)
- a dense crowd; crush
- 1994, Virendra Jain, Paar, Vani Prakashan, page 63:
- ... जमघट के दीदार जरूर हुए थे।
- ... jamghaṭ ke dīdār jarūr hue the.
- ... were surely witness to the dense crowd.
- gathering
Declension edit
Declension of जमघट (masc cons-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जमघट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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