گھاٹ

घाट ghāṭ[S. घट्टः, rt. घट्ट्], s.m. A landing-place; quay, wharf; ferry; ford; bathingplace, or a place for washing clothes (on the bank of a river); a -- 0929 -- flight of stone steps oran incline leading to water; a masonry embankment on the side of a river, etc.; a landing-place or ferry (of a river, etc.) or a pass where tolls or customs are collected;—a pass or difficult passage over a hill or hills, a defile (=ghāṭī);—a falling short, failure, want; abatement, reduction; loss, detriment; failing, short-coming, offence;—curve (in the blade of a sword);—adj. Less; inferior; abated; defective:—ghāṭ-bāṭ, s.f. The path or road to a ghāṭ:—ghāṭ-bārī, s.f. Lands attached to a ferry;—the duty or toll levied at a landing-place or a mountain-pass:—ghāṭtolnā(-ko), To diminish in weight; to make the weight (of a thing) appear less than it is:—ghāṭ-kaptān, s.m. Master-attendant at a sea-port; harbour-master:—ghāṭ-mār, or ghāṭ-mārā, s.m. One who evades payment of a toll or duty; a smuggler:—ghāṭ-mārā, s.m. Smuggling:—ghāṭ-mārnā, To smuggle dutiable goods:—ghāṭmāṅjhī, s.m. A ferry-man (one who supplies (and regulates the hire of) boats, supplies crews, and exercises general superintendence:—ghāṭ-wālor ghāṭ-wālā, or ghāṭ-wāliyā, s.m. A ferryman; a person in charge of a landing-place or of a mountain-pass;—a Brāhmaṇwho attends pilgrims to a bathing-place on the Ganges, etc. (=ghāṭiyā, q.v.).