ghat

or ghaut

[ gawt, got ]

/ gɔt, gɒt /

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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.

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Origin of ghat

1595–1605; <Hindi ghāṭ<Sanskrit ghaṭṭa

Words nearby ghat

gharial, gharry, ghast, ghastful, ghastly, ghat, Ghats, ghaut, Ghazali, ghazi, Ghaziabad

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How to use ghat in a sentence

Waste was being discharged into the river, and I found the water at the ghats of Kanpur too dirty for my daily dip, so I decided to visit the opposite bank, where the water is clean.
When a Body Meets a Boatman on the Ganges|Eugene Robinson|February 23, 2021|Ozy
A thousand or more natives were bathing ceremoniously in the ghat—men, women and children.
The Adventures of Kathlyn|Harold MacGrath
Ghat is an important centre of the caravan trade between the Nigerian states and the seaports of the Mediterranean (see Tripoli).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
In due course the ship arrived off Prinseps Ghat, the first of her kind to come up the river so far.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army|Charles Alexander Gordon

A sumptuous and costly djener awaits us in the zyat, or travellers rest-house at the ghat.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army|Charles Alexander Gordon
More by token I had come out on the river-line close to the burnin' ghat and contagious to a cracklin' corpse.
Soldier Stories|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for ghat

ghat

/ (ɡɔːt) /

noun (in India)

stairs or a passage leading down to a river

a mountain pass or mountain range

a place of cremation

Word Origin for ghat

C17: from Hindi ghāt, from Sanskrit ghatta

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