घुट

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

घुण्ट (ghuṇṭa)

Alternative scripts

ঘুট (Assamese script)
ᬖᬸᬝ (Balinese script)
ঘুট (Bengali script)
𑰑𑰲𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀖𑀼𑀝 (Brahmi script)
ဃုဋ (Burmese script)
ઘુટ (Gujarati script)
ਘੁਟ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌘𑍁𑌟 (Grantha script)
ꦓꦸꦛ (Javanese script)
𑂐𑂳𑂗 (Kaithi script)
ಘುಟ (Kannada script)
ឃុដ (Khmer script)
ຆຸຏ (Lao script)
ഘുട (Malayalam script)
ᢚᡠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘑𑘳𑘘 (Modi script)
ᠺᠾᠤᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦱𑧔𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
𑐑𑐸𑐚 (Newa script)
ଘୁଟ (Odia script)
ꢕꢸꢜ (Saurashtra script)
𑆔𑆶𑆛 (Sharada script)
𑖑𑖲𑖘 (Siddham script)
ඝුට (Sinhalese script)
𑩟𑩒𑩦 (Soyombo script)
𑚍𑚰𑚔 (Takri script)
கு⁴ட (Tamil script)
ఘుట (Telugu script)
ฆุฏ (Thai script)
གྷུ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
𑒒𑒳𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
𑨎𑨃𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, due to the wide phonetic variation of its secondary forms in vernacular dialects; compare Kui (India) ଗୁଟା (guṭa, “stump of tree”), Kurukh [script needed] (mal-guṭā, “instep, back of the hand”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱu.ʈɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʱu.ʈɐ/

Noun

घुट • (ghuṭa) stem, m

the ankle

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घुट (ghuṭa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	घुटः ghuṭaḥ	घुटौ / घुटा¹ ghuṭau / ghuṭā¹	घुटाः / घुटासः¹ ghuṭāḥ / ghuṭāsaḥ¹
Vocative	घुट ghuṭa	घुटौ / घुटा¹ ghuṭau / ghuṭā¹	घुटाः / घुटासः¹ ghuṭāḥ / ghuṭāsaḥ¹
Accusative	घुटम् ghuṭam	घुटौ / घुटा¹ ghuṭau / ghuṭā¹	घुटान् ghuṭān
Instrumental	घुटेन ghuṭena	घुटाभ्याम् ghuṭābhyām	घुटैः / घुटेभिः¹ ghuṭaiḥ / ghuṭebhiḥ¹
Dative	घुटाय ghuṭāya	घुटाभ्याम् ghuṭābhyām	घुटेभ्यः ghuṭebhyaḥ
Ablative	घुटात् ghuṭāt	घुटाभ्याम् ghuṭābhyām	घुटेभ्यः ghuṭebhyaḥ
Genitive	घुटस्य ghuṭasya	घुटयोः ghuṭayoḥ	घुटानाम् ghuṭānām
Locative	घुटे ghuṭe	घुटयोः ghuṭayoḥ	घुटेषु ghuṭeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “घुट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 377/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 170
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 359