Meaning of the word Ght (with closed eyes)?
I am a cartographer working on a map for a region in northern India. Is there a use of that map? The source is a map from 1910-1920. For instance, if I haven’t tried building a new page, it is 5 decades old. Which places on the map refer to Ghts? See also See Maps. Many of these named locations are along rivers or were at one time, along a river that has since shifted to a different location. Relatives of these names are: Lachhman cht, Bnsdeo chht, Rm chht.
I checked google and came to the conclusion that the word ( translated from Hindi) likely means “passage” or “landing” (to people outside India), and I still haven’t heard of its use. But I have found it very suitable for other words like “crush”, by any means. is the native Hindi word for ght, which means ‘git’. Various sources suggest that the word defines a wide set of stairs that descend to a water source for the purpose of bathing/cleaning or for funereal cremation.
I couldn’t identify these features in the satellite images or the satellite imagery of google earth (more on that later).
Can the geographical term “ght” refer to a different type of geographic feature than this mentioned above? Can a ‘ght’ mean, say a populated place and not a neighbourhood? Why are mountain ranges used as geographic designations?
Where is the river of colours? Raghubir Singh (Phaidon Press Limited, 1998) writes that “Demi-Degradation” in river of colour is an important rite of passage in Raghubir Singh, whose family and friends reside in the India. He has explored the ancient kola river Ganga, toured the ghats and alleys of Benares and explored the cosmopolitan cities of Calcutta and Mumbai. ”
This example suggests that the term “ghat” refers to a step down to a river as outlined above. I have a map and I question where from it does the term refers to other named attributes? Any ideas from you
are appreciated.
Is there a
road
bridge
across the Ganges? If so, what
is the
use of such bridge?
In Madhya Pradesh in west India there are further significant ghats along the Narmada river. People who have lives on the steps are known as Ghats.
The word is also used in some places outside of the Indian subcontinent where there are Indian families. In George Town in Penang in Malaysia the label “Ghaut” is used to identify the extensions of those streets which formerly ended in ghats before reclamation of the quayside (e.g. Bussemsia-Sylvana) in the 1970s and 1980s. , Church St Ghaut – in Malay Gat Lebuh Gereja is the name of the extension of Church St beyond where the street used to descend to the water via a ghat). In Penang and Singapore, there are areas named Dhoby Goats (dhobi for “launderer”, depending on whether it refers to a person or a business).
Wikipedia
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