ghat
or ghaut
[gawt, got]
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noun (in India)
a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing.
a mountain pass.
a mountain range or escarpment.
Origin of ghat
1595–1605; < Hindi ghāṭ < Sanskrit ghaṭṭa
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Historical Examples of ghat
One had originally come from Ghedames, one from Ghat and one from Fezzan.
Hundreds bathed at the ghat while I watched them and no trouble ensued.
The Critic in the OrientGeorge Hamlin Fitch
If you die at home and do not die when you come to the ghat to be burned you come here.
The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume EditionRudyard Kipling
Ghat, well situated in the centre of an oasis, was next reached.
Great African TravellersW.H.G. Kingston
The Ghat was open to the sky, so that the ventilation was all that could be obtained.
Due WestMaturin Murray Ballou
ghat
noun (in India)
Word Origin for ghat
C17: from Hindi ghāt, from Sanskrit ghatta
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