ਘਾਤ
ghaata/ghāta

Definition

ਸੰ. ਸੰਗ੍ਯਾ- ਪ੍ਰਹਾਰ. ਚੋਟ। ੨. ਤੀਰ. ਬਾਣ। ੩. ਮਾਰਨਾ. ਹਤ੍ਯਾ. "ਕਰੈ ਸੁ ਘਾਤ ਘਾਤ ਕੋ ਪਾਇ." (ਗੁਪ੍ਰਸੂ) ੪. ਦਾਉ. ਪੇਂਚ. "ਐਸ ਘਾਤ ਫਿਰ ਹਾਥ ਨ ਐਹੈ." (ਵਿਚਿਤ੍ਰ)
Source: Mahankosh

Shahmukhi : گھات

Parts Of Speech : noun, feminine

Meaning in English

ambush, ambuscade, lying in wait; awaiting an opportunity to strike; noun, masculine murder, killing, slaughter, assassination; suffix indicating killing as in ਆਤਮ ਘਾਤ , ਮਿੱਤਰ ਘਾਤ , ਵਸਾਹਘਾਤ , etc.; noun, feminine (maths) power, index
Source: Punjabi Dictionary

GHÁT

Meaning in English2

s. f, e, manner; ambush, lying in wait, waiting for opportunity; occasion;—s. m. Slaughter, killing; c. w. karná; in the former sense c. w. láuṉá.
Source:THE PANJABI DICTIONARY-Bhai Maya Singh