घूँघट

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀖𑀼𑀁𑀩 (*ghuṃba)

Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.?

Sanskrit पट (paṭa)?

Sanskrit पट्ट (paṭṭa)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝 (paṭṭa)

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *घुंबपट्ट (ghuṃbapaṭṭa)

Hindi घूँघट

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *घुंबपट्ट (ghuṃbapaṭṭa), from *𑀖𑀼𑀁𑀩 (*ghuṃba) + Prakrit 𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀝 (paṭṭa, “silk”). Cognate with Nepali घुमटो (ghumaṭo), Gujarati ઘૂમટો (ghūmṭo), Bengali ঘোমটা (ghōmṭa) and Odia ଘୁମ୍ବଟା (ghumbaṭā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʱuːŋ.ɡʱəʈ/, [ɡʱũːŋ.ɡʱɐʈ]

Noun

घूँघट • (ghūṅghaṭ) m (Urdu spelling گهونگهٹ)

1. ghoonghat, veil (covering drawn over the face)

   भारत में बहुत सी औरतें घूँघट करती हैं।

   bhārat mẽ bahut sī aurtẽ ghūṅghaṭ kartī ha͠i.

   Many women in India wear veils.

   उसने मुँह पर से घूँघट उठाया।

   usne mũh par se ghūṅghaṭ uṭhāyā.

   She lifted the veil off her face.

2. (rare) prepuce, foreskin

Declension

Declension of घूँघट (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	घूँघट ghūṅghaṭ	घूँघट ghūṅghaṭ
oblique	घूँघट ghūṅghaṭ	घूँघटों ghūṅghaṭõ
vocative	घूँघट ghūṅghaṭ	घूँघटो ghūṅghaṭo

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “घूँघट”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “घूँघट”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.