گھونٹ

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa घुंट (ghuṃṭa), from Prakrit 𑀖𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (ghuṭṭaï, “gulps”), of Dravidian origin. Cognate with Punjabi گُھٹّ (ghuṭṭ, “sip, gulp”), Gujarati ઘૂંટ (ghū̃ṭ), and Marathi घोट (ghoṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʱuːnʈ/, /ɡʱũːʈ/
• Rhymes: -uːnʈ, -ũːʈ

Noun

گُھون٘ٹ • (ghū̃ṭ) m (Hindi spelling घूंट)

1. sip, gulp (of a liquid)

Declension

Declension of گھونٹ

	singular	plural
direct	گُھون٘ٹ (ghūṉṭ)	گُھون٘ٹ (ghūṉṭ)
oblique	گُھون٘ٹ (ghūṉṭ)	گُھون٘ٹوں (ghūṉṭõ)
vocative	گُھون٘ٹ (ghūṉṭ)	گُھون٘ٹو (ghūṉṭo)

Further reading

• “گھونٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گھونٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ghuṭṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 242