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ghat - What does it mean?

Definition of 'ghat'

English

Alternative forms

* ghaut

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (India) A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place.
  • *2008 , Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger , Atlantic 2009, p. 16:
  • *:Chunks of wood were being built into funeral pyres on the steps of the ghat'' that went down into the water; four bodies were burning on the ''ghat steps when we got there.
  • (India) A mountain range.
  • (India) A mountain pass.
  • (India) A burning-ghat.
  • Similar to 'ghat'

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