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घूंघट ghūṅghaṭ[S. घूणर् +कृतं], s.f. & m. A covering or wrapper for the head and face; the corner or edge of a wrapper or mantle drawn over the face (by a woman); a veil; covering or concealing the face with a mantle, or veil, etc.;—prepuce or foreskin (syn. g̠ilāf):—ghūṅghaṭkāṛhnā, or ghūṅghaṭlenāor le-lenā, or ghūṅghaṭmārnā(muṅh-par) To draw the wrapper, or mantle, or veil (over the face), to veil (the face):—ghūṅgaṭkarnā(-par), To veil (the face=ghūṅghaṭlenā);—to draw back the neck, to arch the neck (a horse):—ghūṅghaṭkhānā, v.n. To be broken or defeated (an army):—ghūṅghaṭ-wālī, s.f. A veiled woman; a woman who has the edge of her wrapper or mantle drawn over her face.
Origin: Hindi