ghat
pronunciation
How to pronounce ghat in British English:
UK [gɑ:t]
How to pronounce ghat in American English:
US [ɡɔt, ɡɑt]
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- Noun:
- stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water
Word Origin
- ghat (n.)
- also ghaut, from Hindi, "a pass of descent from a mountain," hence also "mountain range, chain of hills," also "stairway leading up from a river" (to a shrine, temple, etc.), from Sanskrit ghattah "landing place," of unknown origin.
Example
- 1. Take me to raj ghat ? Yes , sir .
- 2. The water around each ghat is supposed to have special powers .
- 3. The film was shot in the city of bangalore ( india ) , at its largest dhobi ghat in malleshwaram .
- 4. Reality is patted : can be rated as the most dangerous ghat of in the world , very .
- 5. At the nigambodh ghat , a new delhi crematorium , three dead bodies were cremated using wood after the power failure , an official at the crematorium said .