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ghanta

noun

ghanta is spelled G-H-A-N-T-A: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ghanta means “A type of bell, usually constructed of brass, used in Hindu rituals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ghanta is ghantas.

How many letters and syllables are in ghanta?

Letters6: G-H-A-N-T-A
In writingabout once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is ghanta?

Ghanta appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of ghanta

  • ghantas plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does ghanta mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A type of bell, usually constructed of brass, used in Hindu rituals.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does ghanta come from?

Borrowed from Hindi घंटा (ghaṇṭā).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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