घाटा

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarš-

Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰarṣ-

Sanskrit घृष् (ghṛṣ)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás

Sanskrit -त (-ta)

Sanskrit घृ॒ष्ट (ghṛṣṭá)denom.?

Prakrit घट्टइ (ghaṭṭaï)deverb.

Hindi घाटा

Deverbal from Prakrit घट्टइ (ghaṭṭaï), whence Hindi घटना (ghaṭnā, “to reduce”). Compare Sanskrit घट्टयति (ghaṭṭayati, “to speak ill of, slander”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɑː.ʈɑː/, [ɡʱäː.ʈäː]

Noun

घाटा • (ghāṭā) m (Urdu spelling گھاٹا)

1. decrease, decline
2. (finance) loss; deficit

Declension

Declension of घाटा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घाटा ghāṭā	घाटे ghāṭe
oblique	घाटे ghāṭe	घाटों ghāṭõ
vocative	घाटे ghāṭe	घाटो ghāṭo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “घाटा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1398
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “घाटा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 188
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “घाटा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 287
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “घाटा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 171.