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घटना

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Hindi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit घटना (ghaṭanā). Compare to Bengali ঘটনা (ghôṭôna).

Noun

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घटना • (ghaṭnā) f (Urdu spelling گَھٹْنَا)

  1. event, occurrence
  2. incident
  3. accident
Declension
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Declension of घटना (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct घटना
ghaṭnā
घटनाएँ
ghaṭnāẽ
oblique घटना
ghaṭnā
घटनाओं
ghaṭnāõ
vocative घटना
ghaṭnā
घटनाओ
ghaṭnāo
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Hindi verb set
घटना (ghaṭnā)
घटाना (ghaṭānā)
घटवाना (ghaṭvānā)

    Inherited from Old Hindi घटना (ghaṭanā), from Prakrit घट्टइ (ghaṭṭaï), possibly denominal verb from Sanskrit घृ॒ष्ट (ghṛṣṭá), from घृष् (ghṛṣ) + -त (-ta).

    Verb

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    घटना • (ghaṭnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling گَھٹْنَا)

    1. to decrease, to decline, to dwindle
    2. to be lost, reduced, lowered
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    Etymology 3

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    Hindi verb set
    घटना (ghaṭnā)
    घटाना (ghaṭānā)
    घटवाना (ghaṭvānā)

    Inherited from Sanskrit घटयते (ghaṭayate) or Sanskrit घटते (ghaṭate). Cognate with Bengali ঘটা (ghoṭa).

    Verb

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    घटना • (ghaṭnā)

    1. to happen, to take place, to occur
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    Old Hindi

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Prakrit घट्टइ (ghaṭṭaï), possibly denominal verb from Sanskrit घृ॒ष्ट (ghṛṣṭá), from घृष् (ghṛṣ) + -त (-ta). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਘਟਿ (ghaṭi /⁠ghaṭṭi⁠/).

      Verb

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      घटना (ghaṭanā)

      1. to be missing, be less
        • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 206.2:
          तुलह न तोली गजाह न मापी, पहजन सेर अढाई
          अढाई मौंहि जे पाव घटइ, तौ करकच करै बजहाई
          tulaha na tolī gajāha na māpī, pahajana sera aḍhāī
          aḍhāī ma͠uhi je pāva ghaṭai, tau karakaca karai bajahāī
          [the weaver] did not weigh [the fabric] on a scale, did not measure [the length] in gaz
          [it was] approximately two and half ser; if in two and half [ser] one quarter is missing, the remainder/fragment complains

      Descendants

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      • Braj: घटन (ghaṭan)
      • Hindustani:
        Hindi: घटना (ghaṭnā)
        Urdu: گَھٹْنَا (ghaṭnā)

      Further reading

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      • Jaroslav Strnad (2013), Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 530
      • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ghaṭṭati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 238

      Sanskrit

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      Etymology

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      Feminine form of घटन (ghaṭana, “connection or union with”).

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      घटना • (ghaṭanā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

      1. exertion, motion, acting, manner of acting
      2. striving after, being occupied or busy with
      3. taking effect, answering, accomplishment
      4. connection, union with
      5. (= °ट) a troop (of elephants)
      6. a literary composition
      7. a work consisting of
      8. happening, occurring, occurrence, event, incident, phenomenon

      Declension

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      Feminine ā-stem declension of घटना
      singular dual plural
      nominative घटना
      ghaṭanā
      घटने
      ghaṭane
      घटनाः
      ghaṭanāḥ
      accusative घटनाम्
      ghaṭanām
      घटने
      ghaṭane
      घटनाः
      ghaṭanāḥ
      instrumental घटनया
      ghaṭanayā
      घटनाभ्याम्
      ghaṭanābhyām
      घटनाभिः
      ghaṭanābhiḥ
      dative घटनायै
      ghaṭanāyai
      घटनाभ्याम्
      ghaṭanābhyām
      घटनाभ्यः
      ghaṭanābhyaḥ
      ablative घटनायाः
      ghaṭanāyāḥ
      घटनाभ्याम्
      ghaṭanābhyām
      घटनाभ्यः
      ghaṭanābhyaḥ
      genitive घटनायाः
      ghaṭanāyāḥ
      घटनयोः
      ghaṭanayoḥ
      घटनानाम्
      ghaṭanānām
      locative घटनायाम्
      ghaṭanāyām
      घटनयोः
      ghaṭanayoḥ
      घटनासु
      ghaṭanāsu
      vocative घटने
      ghaṭane
      घटने
      ghaṭane
      घटनाः
      ghaṭanāḥ

      Descendants

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      References

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