घुट

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• घुण्ट (ghuṇṭa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঘুট (Assamese script)
• ᬖᬸᬝ (Balinese script)
• ঘুট (Bengali script)
• 𑰑𑰲𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀖𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ဃုဋ (Burmese script)
• ઘુટ (Gujarati script)
• ਘੁਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌘𑍁𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦓꦸꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂐𑂳𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ಘುಟ (Kannada script)
• ឃុដ (Khmer script)
• ຆຸຏ (Lao script)
• ഘുട (Malayalam script)
• ᢚᡠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘑𑘳𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠾᠤᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦱𑧔𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐑𑐸𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଘୁଟ (Odia script)
• ꢕꢸꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆔𑆶𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖑𑖲𑖘 (Siddham script)
• ඝුට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩟𑩒𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚍𑚰𑚔 (Takri script)
• கு⁴ட (Tamil script)
• ఘుట (Telugu script)
• ฆุฏ (Thai script)
• གྷུ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒒𑒳𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨎𑨃𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidiander.?

Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰalH-

Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰl̥H-tás?

Sanskrit घुट

Uncertain.

• Per Burrow, perhaps borrowed from Dravidian, due to the wide phonetic variation of its secondary forms in vernacular dialects; compare Tamil கரடு (karaṭu), dialectal Tamil கெண்டை (keṇṭai, “ankle”), Kui (India) ଗୁଟା (guṭa, “stump of tree”), Kurux [script needed] (mal-guṭā, “instep, back of the hand”).
• Later work by Burrow proposes inheritance from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰl̥H-tás, from the root *gʰalH- (“to turn”), an l-dialect form of *gʰarH- (whence the root घूर्ण् (ghūrṇ, “to turn”)). This is thus a putative instance of Fortunatov's Law. The ultimate etymology of the root is unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡʱu.ʈɐ/

Noun

घुट • (ghuṭa) stem, m

1. the ankle

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घुट

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	घुटः (ghuṭaḥ)	घुटौ (ghuṭau)	घुटाः (ghuṭāḥ)
accusative	घुटम् (ghuṭam)	घुटौ (ghuṭau)	घुटान् (ghuṭān)
instrumental	घुटेन (ghuṭena)	घुटाभ्याम् (ghuṭābhyām)	घुटैः (ghuṭaiḥ)
dative	घुटाय (ghuṭāya)	घुटाभ्याम् (ghuṭābhyām)	घुटेभ्यः (ghuṭebhyaḥ)
ablative	घुटात् (ghuṭāt)	घुटाभ्याम् (ghuṭābhyām)	घुटेभ्यः (ghuṭebhyaḥ)
genitive	घुटस्य (ghuṭasya)	घुटयोः (ghuṭayoḥ)	घुटानाम् (ghuṭānām)
locative	घुटे (ghuṭe)	घुटयोः (ghuṭayoḥ)	घुटेषु (ghuṭeṣu)
vocative	घुट (ghuṭa)	घुटौ (ghuṭau)	घुटाः (ghuṭāḥ)

Descendants

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Shinaic:
    • Palula: gúṛi (“thigh”)
• Prakrit:
  • Southern Indo-Aryan:
    • Marathi: >? गुडघा (guḍghā)

From *घुट्ट (*ghuṭṭa)

• Proto-New Indo-Aryan: *𑀖𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*ghuṭṭa)
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: घुटना (ghuṭnā, “knee”)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “घुट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 170
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[4] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 359