ghaut
/ɡɔːt/
ghaut is the alternative form of ghut.
ghaut is the archaic form of ghat.
Meaning of ghut
Noun
ghut (plural ghuts)
- A steep ravine leading to the sea.
- Ghuts / There is considerable variation between ghuts and also along the length of each ghut. Near the sea the ghuts are deep, dry and straight-sided, but inland they become more V-shaped and moist.1990, I. R. Corker, Nevis: Resource Assessment and Zoning Plan, page 25
Meaning of ghat
Noun
ghat (plural ghats)
- A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place.
- The abrupt escarpment of the western Ghats condenses so much of the moisture of the south-west monsoon1855, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Flora Indica
- A burning-ghat.
- On the steps of the Manikarnika ghat—the holiest of the city’s stepped riverbanks, upon which Hindu dead are cremated—the fires are already lit, and mourners assemble by the hundred to accompany their loved ones at the end.2023 November 30, Oliver Franklin-Wallis, “Inside India’s Gargantuan Mission to Clean the Ganges River”, in Wired, →ISSN
- A mountain pass.
- A mountain range.
- And farther south, in the interior of the Peninsula, in the elevated tract from 1200 to 2400 feet above the sea, between the Eastern and Western Ghats1885, Edward Balfour, Cyclopaedia of India
Forms of ghaut
| plural | ghauts |
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Origin of ghaut
See ghut, ghat, and gaut.
Phrases with ghaut
Questions about ghaut
- What is ghaut the alternative form of?
- Ghaut is the alternative form of ghut.
- How do you pronounce ghaut?
- Ghaut is pronounced /ɡɔːt/.
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