ghat
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- noun
- Indian
- A small group of pilgrims has already gathered around the ghat for their morning rituals.
- steps of the ghat
Examples
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Any pilgrim can visit Manikarnika Ghat.
Academic text (2001) -
Go over to the ghat opposite now and sit.
Fiction book (1996) -
We crossed the bridge back to the ghat on which I'd spent most of the day.
Fiction book (1996) -
This, Mr. David, is the biggest dhobi ghat in the whole of India.
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I was rowed downriver in a little boat, and up to the ghats where there were twelve fires going.
Academic text (1993) -
Along the riverbank are ghats where people bathe for purification.
Academic text (1993) -
He raised an arm languorously toward one of the sadhus crouching not far down the ghat.
Fiction book (1996) -
In India, this is possible—one of the most famous cremation grounds being Manikarnika Ghat on the bank of the river Ganges, in Benares, the City of Light.
Academic text (2001) -
Along the riverbank, there are ghats where devotees come to bathe and purify themselves.
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We watched the sunset from the top of the ghat, where many people had gathered to enjoy the view.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ghat comes from the Indian word ghāṭ, which means 'river bank' or 'steps to the water'. So a ghat is literally the stone steps down to a river used for bathing, prayers, and ceremonies.