घंटा

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

घंटा (ghaṇṭā) m

1. hour

• घण्टा (ghaṇṭā)

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

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

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.

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

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

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

घंटा • (ghaṇṭā)

1. alternative form of घण्टा (ghaṇṭā)

• “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