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–noun
(in India)
1.
a wide set of steps descending to a river, esp. a river used for bathing.
2.
a mountain pass.
3.
a mountain range or escarpment.
Also,
ghaut.
Origin:
1595–1605;
< Hindi
ghāṭ
< Skt
ghaṭṭa
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ghat also ghaut
(gôt, gät)
n. A broad flight of steps leading down to the bank of a river in India, used especially by bathers.
[Hindi
ghāt
, from Sanskrit
ghaṭṭaḥ
,
probably of Dravidian origin
; akin to Telugu
kaṭṭu, gaṭṭu
,
dam, embankment
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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