घंटा

See also: घाट, घाटी, घट्, घंटी, and घंटे

Garhwali

Etymology

From Khasa Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀁𑀝 (ghaṃṭa)), from Sanskrit घण्टा f (ghaṇṭā).

Noun

घंटा (ghaṇṭā) m

1. hour

Hindi

Alternative forms

• घण्टा (ghaṇṭā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀖𑀁𑀝 (ghaṃṭa), from Sanskrit घण्टा (ghaṇṭā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱəɳ.ʈɑː/, [ɡʱɐ̃ɳ.ʈäː]
• Rhymes: -əɳʈɑː, -ɑː

Noun

घंटा • (ghaṇṭā) m (Urdu spelling گھنٹہ)

1. hour

   कितने घंटे हुए हैं? ― kitne ghaṇṭe hue ha͠i? ― How many hours have passed?

2. clock
3. bell, gong
4. period (division of school day)

   पहला घंटा गणित का है। ― pahlā ghaṇṭā gaṇit kā hai. ― The first period is of maths.

5. (slang, vulgar) penis
6. (slang, chiefly in the negative) nothing, bugger all

   तुझे घंटा नहीं पता। ― tujhe ghaṇṭā nahī̃ patā. ― You know bugger all.

Declension

Declension of घंटा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घंटा ghaṇṭā	घंटे ghaṇṭe
oblique	घंटे ghaṇṭe	घंटों ghaṇṭõ
vocative	घंटे ghaṇṭe	घंटो ghaṇṭo

Derived terms

• घंटाघर (ghaṇṭāghar, “clock tower; bell tower”)

See also

units of time: समय के मात्रक (samay ke mātrak)edit

• सहस्राब्दी (sahasrābdī)
• शताब्दी (śatābdī), शती (śatī)
• दशक (daśak)
• वर्ष (varṣ), साल (sāl), बरस (baras)
• मास (mās), महीना (mahīnā)
• पखवाड़ा (pakhvāṛā), पक्ष (pakṣ)
• सप्ताह (saptāh), हफ़्ता (haftā)
• दिन (din), दिवस (divas)
• पहर (pahar)
• घंटा (ghaṇṭā)
• मुहूर्त (muhūrt)
• घटी (ghaṭī)
• मिनट (minaṭ)
• पल (pal)
• सैकंड (saikaṇḍ)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ghaṇṭā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʱʌ̤ɳʈä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: घण्टा

Noun

घंटा • (ghaṇṭā)

1. alternative form of घण्टा (ghaṇṭā)

Further reading

• “घंटा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “घन्टा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar