Saraiki edit

Etymology 1 edit

Saraiki verb set
گَھٹَّݨ (ghaṭṭaṇ)
گَھٹاوَݨ (ghaṭāvaṇ)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (ghaṭṭaï), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀖𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀢𑀺 (*ghaṭṭati). Cognate with Punjabi ਘੱਟਣਾ (ghaṭṭaṇā) / گَھٹݨا (ghaṭṇā), Hindustani گَھٹْنَا (ghaṭnā) / घटना (ghaṭnā), Gojri گَھٹْنو (ghaṭno), Marwari घटणौ (ghaṭṇau) / 𑅘𑅞𑅢𑅒 (ghṭṇu), Sindhi گَهٽَڻُ / घटणु / 𑊾𑋆𑋌𑋣 (ghaṭaṇu), Gujarati ઘટવું (ghaṭvũ), Marathi घटणे (ghaṭṇe), Nepali घट्नु (ghaṭnu), Maithili घटब (ghaṭab) / 𑒒𑒙𑒥 (ghaṭaba), Assamese ঘটা (ghota), ঘাটা (ghata).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

گَھٹَّݨ (ghaṭṭaṇ) (Devanagari घट्टण, Multani 𑊈𑊐𑊕) (intransitive)

  1. to decrease

Further reading edit

  • گھٹّݩڑ”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 254
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ghaṭṭati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 238

Etymology 2 edit

Saraiki verb set
گُھٹَّݨ (ghuṭṭaṇ)
گُھٹاوَݨ (ghuṭāvaṇ)
گُھٹْواوَݨ (ghuṭvāvaṇ)

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گُھٹَّݨ (ghuṭṭaṇ) (transitive)

  1. to squeeze