घनता
Hindi
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Borrowed from Sanskrit घनता (ghanatā). By surface analysis, घन (ghan, “dense”) + -ता (-tā, “-ity”). In the physics sense, semantic loan from English density.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡʱən.t̪ɑː/, [ɡʱɐ̃n̪.t̪äː]
Noun
घनता • (ghantā) f (Urdu spelling گھنتا)
- thickness, denseness, firmness, hardness
- impenetrability
- (physics) density
- Synonym: घनत्व (ghanatva)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | घनता ghantā |
घनताएँ ghantāẽ |
| oblique | घनता ghantā |
घनताओं ghantāõ |
| vocative | घनता ghantā |
घनताओ ghantāo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “घनता”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ঘনতা (Assamese script)
- ᬖᬦᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- ঘনতা (Bengali script)
- 𑰑𑰡𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀖𑀦𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဃနတာ (Burmese script)
- ઘનતા (Gujarati script)
- ਘਨਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌘𑌨𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦓꦤꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂐𑂢𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಘನತಾ (Kannada script)
- ឃនតា (Khmer script)
- ຆນຕາ (Lao script)
- ഘനതാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢚᠠᠨᠠᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘑𑘡𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠾᠠᠨᠠᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦱𑧁𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐑𑐣𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଘନତା (Odia script)
- ꢕꢥꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆔𑆤𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖑𑖡𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ඝනතා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩟𑩯𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚍𑚝𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- க⁴நதா (Tamil script)
- ఘనతా (Telugu script)
- ฆนตา (Thai script)
- གྷ་ན་ཏཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒒𑒢𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨎𑨝𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡʱɐ.nɐ.tɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡʱɐ.n̪ɐ.t̪ɑː/
Noun
घनता • (ghanatā) stem, f
- compactness
- the condition of a cloud
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | घनता (ghanatā) | घनते (ghanate) | घनताः (ghanatāḥ) |
| accusative | घनताम् (ghanatām) | घनते (ghanate) | घनताः (ghanatāḥ) |
| instrumental | घनतया (ghanatayā) घनता¹ (ghanatā¹) |
घनताभ्याम् (ghanatābhyām) | घनताभिः (ghanatābhiḥ) |
| dative | घनतायै (ghanatāyai) | घनताभ्याम् (ghanatābhyām) | घनताभ्यः (ghanatābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | घनतायाः (ghanatāyāḥ) घनतायै² (ghanatāyai²) |
घनताभ्याम् (ghanatābhyām) | घनताभ्यः (ghanatābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | घनतायाः (ghanatāyāḥ) घनतायै² (ghanatāyai²) |
घनतयोः (ghanatayoḥ) | घनतानाम् (ghanatānām) |
| locative | घनतायाम् (ghanatāyām) | घनतयोः (ghanatayoḥ) | घनतासु (ghanatāsu) |
| vocative | घनते (ghanate) | घनते (ghanate) | घनताः (ghanatāḥ) |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “घनता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0376.