As a Hindi name
घटा · noun · feminine
मोघों का घना समूह । उभड़े हुए बादलों का ढेर । मेघमाला । कादंबिनी · समूह । झुंड · चेष्टा । प्रयत्न । प्रयास (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
घटा · ghaṭā · s.f.
Collection, assemblage; multitude, crowd, troop, body — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 930
घटा · feminine
dark, thick clouds
घटाना
to reduce, lessen (weight, prices, etc.); to subtract
Cited formation "घटा" is घट + -आ: घट means "A large (earthen) water-jar, a water-pot ( = ghaṛā, q.v.)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "घटा" is घटना + -आ: घटना means "event, occurrence", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi घटा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit घटा (ghaṭā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ghaṭā f. (gaṇas arśa-ādi, sidhmādi and picchādi) effort, endeavour, L.
an assembly, L.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set घटना (ghaṭnā) घटाना (ghaṭānā) घटवाना (ghaṭvānā) Causative form of घटना (ghaṭnā) with the suffix -आना (-ānā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
effort, endeavour
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M1 · same meaning "ghaṭā" is the feminine form of "ghaṭa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
ghaṭā f. (gaṇas arśa-ādi, sidhmādi and picchādi) effort, endeavour, L.
an assembly, L.
a number, collection, assemblage, BhP. iii, 17, 6; Kpr. vii, 11/12
a troop (of elephants) assembled for martial purposes, Mālatīm. v, 19; VarBṛS. xliii; Śiś. i, 64; Kathās.; Rājat.
justification (˚ṭām-√ aṭ, ‘to have one's self justified by another’), Bhadrab. iv
ghaṭa mfn. intently occupied or busy with (loc.), Pāṇ. v, 2, 35
= ghaṭā yasyāsti, g. arśa-ādi
Alternative readings
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