As a Hindi name

Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“injury”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.

घात · noun · masculine

प्रहार । चोट । मार । धक्का । जरब · वध । हत्या · अहित । बुराई — Śabdasāgara

घात · noun · feminine

अभिप्राय सिद्ध करने का उपयुक्त स्थान और अवसर । कोई कार्य करने के लिये अनुकुल स्थिति । दाँव । सुयोग — Śabdasāgara

घात · ghāt · s.f.

Proper or suitable time or period (for a work or action), opportune moment, opportunity — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 928

घात · ghāta · s.m.

Killing, murder, slaughter, destruction; striking down, wounding — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 928

घात · masculine

blow, attack, hit; bruise, injury; killing, slaying, murder; power

घात · masculine

opportunity, chance; intention; trickery, ploy

Cited formation "घात" is घा + -त: घा means "ओर । तरफ । जैसे,—चहूँघा", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "घात" is घाना + -त: घाना means "Ghana (a country in West Africa)", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table

a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi घा॒त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥tósder. Sanskrit घा॒त (ghātá)lbor. Hindi घात Learned borrowing from Sanskrit घा॒त (ghātá). Doublet of घाव (ghāv) and related to घायल (ghāyal).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit

“Unknown.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record