ghat
/ɡɑt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of ghut (“ravine leading to the sea”).
Example Sentences
- "The abrupt escarpment of the western Ghats condenses so much of the moisture of the south-west monsoon"
- "Chunks of wood were being built into funeral pyres on the steps of the ghat that went down into the water; four bodies were burning on the ghat steps when we got there."
- "On the steps of the Manikarnika ghat—the holiest of the city’s stepped riverbanks, upon which Hindu dead are cremated—the fires are already lit, and mourners assemble by the hundred to accompany their loved ones at the end."
- "And farther south, in the interior of the Peninsula, in the elevated tract from 1200 to 2400 feet above the sea, between the Eastern and Western Ghats"
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi घाट (ghāṭ, “flight of steps leading to a river; mountain pass”), from Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa, “a landing-place, steps on the side of a river leading to the waters”), from Dravidian. Compare Telugu గట్టు (gaṭṭu, “dam, embankment”), కట్ట (kaṭṭa, “dam, embankment”), derived from కట్టు (kaṭṭu, “to tie”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: घट्ट
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡɑt/
- British English: /ɡɔːt/