As a Hindi name
घट्टना · noun · masculine
हिलाना । डुलाना । चलाना · रगड़ना । घोटना । मलना · जीविका । वृत्ति (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "घट्टना" is घट्ट + -ना: घट्ट means "= ghāṭ, 'landing place,' &c., q.v", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "घट्टना" is घट्टना + -ना: घट्टना means "हिलाना । डुलाना । चलाना", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "घट्टना" is घट्टन + -आ: घट्टन means "हिलाना डुलाना । चलाना", 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: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
going, moving, practice, business, means of living, Vārtt. 1.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghaṭṭanā" is the feminine form of "ghaṭṭana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
ghaṭṭanā f. (? for ghaṭanā) going, moving, practice, business, means of living, Pāṇ. iii, 3, 107, Vārtt. 1.
ghaṭṭanā [ghaṭṭ-yuñ] 1 Shaking, moving, stirring round, agitating. 2 Rubbing. 3 A means of livelihood, practice, business, profession.
ghaṭṭanā f. (-nā) 1 Going, moving. 2 Practice, business, means of living. 3 Rubbing or striking together. E. ghaṭṭa to go, affix yuc, fem. ṭāp.
ghaṭṭana n. pushing, touching, rubbing or striking together, Hariv. 14581; Ragh. xi, 71; Kathās. lxxii, 42
stirring round, MārkP. xii, 38
Alternative readings
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