ghat

or ghaut

[gawt, got]

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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Examples from the Web for ghaut

Historical Examples of ghaut

The distance from the intrenchment to the ghaut is barely a mile.
Camps, Quarters and Casual Places
Archibald Forbes
We were met at the ghaut by a large collection of residents.
Up the Country
Emily Eden
But that goat I accepted, and went down to the Ghaut in great honor.
The Second Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
She loses her eyesight year by year, and cannot tell a log from me—the Mugger of the Ghaut.
The Second Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
The next march brought us to the foot of the ghaut we were to ascend.
Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp
John Shipp

British Dictionary definitions for ghaut

ghaut

noun

Caribbean a small cleft in a hill through which a rivulet runs down to the sea

Word Origin for ghaut

C17 gaot, a mountain pass, from Hindi: ghat

ghat

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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Word Origin and History for ghaut

ghat

also ghaut, from Hindi, "pass, mountain," from Sanskrit ghattah "landing place," of unknown origin.