گھٹنو

Gojri

Etymology

Gojri verb set
گَھٹْنو (ghaṭno)
گَھٹانو (ghaṭāno)

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: گَھٹْ‧نو

Verb

گَھٹْنو (ghaṭno) (intransitive)

1. to decline, subside, decrease, get reduced

Further reading

• Dr Rafique Anjum (2018) Concise Gojri-Kashmiri-English Dictionary, New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 374.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ghaṭṭati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 238