پنگھٹ

Urdu

FWOTD – 27 February 2016

Etymology

From Sanskrit पानीय (pānīya, “water”) and घट्टा (ghaṭṭā, “quay or landing-place”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə̃.ɡʱəʈ/

Noun

پنگھٹ • (pãghaṭ) m (Hindi spelling पंघट)

1. passage to a river
2. stair or quay for drawing water
   • Mughal-e-Azam [1960]: Mohe Panghat Pe

     ... موہے پنگھٹ پے نندلال چھیڑ گئیو رے ...

     ...Oh on the river quay, Nandlāl has teased me...

References

• John Shakespear (1834) “پنگھٹ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC