As a Hindi name
घाटा · noun · masculine
घटी । हानि । नुकसान । जैसे,— इस, व्यवसाय में उन्हें बड़ा घाट आया — Śabdasāgara
घाटा · noun · feminine
घाटी — Śabdasāgara
घाटा · ghāṭā · s.m.
Acclivity; declivity; ascent; descent — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 929
घाटा · masculine
decrease, decline; loss; deficit
Cited formation "घाटा" is घाट + -आ: घाट means "pier, wharf, a landing place for boats", 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
Cited formation "घाटा" is घाटना + -आ: घाटना means "स॰ [हिं॰ घटा या सं॰ √घट् (= मिलना एकमेल करना)] पाट देना । घटा की तरह फैला देना", 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
Cited formation "घाटा" is घाट + -आ: घाट means "pier, wharf, a landing place for boats", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Deverbal from Prakrit घट्टइ (ghaṭṭaï), whence Hindi घटना (ghaṭnā, “to reduce”). Compare Sanskrit घट्टयति (ghaṭṭayati, “to speak ill of, slander”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a pot (cf. ghaṭa)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghāṭā" is the feminine form of "ghāṭa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
ghāṭā f. id., Car. i, 17, 17; Suśr. vi, 25, 11 (cf. g. arśa-ādi) (cf. kara-.)
ghāṭā f. a pot (cf. ghaṭa), Car.
ghāṭaḥ, -ṭā [ghaṭ-ac] The back of the neck. — ṭaḥ 1 A pitcher. 2 A landing place.
ghāṭa mfn. (√ ghaṭ) ‘working on’, see danta-
= ghāṭā (or ˚ṭe) yasyāsti (or ˚sya stas) g. arśa-ādi (not in Kāś.)
Alternative readings
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