Urdu Dictionary

گهونگهٿ घूंघट ghūṅghaṭ

H گهونگهٿ घूंघट ghūṅghaṭ [S. घूर्ण+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, &c.;—prepuce or foreskin (syn. g̠ilāf):—ghūṅghaṭ kāṛhnā, or ghūṅghaṭ lenā or le-lenā, or ghūṅghaṭ mārnā (muṅh-par) To draw the wrapper, or mantle, or veil (over the face), to veil (the face):—ghūṅgaṭ karnā (-par), To veil (the face=ghūṅghaṭ lenā);—to draw back the neck, to arch the neck (a horse):—ghūṅghaṭ khānā, 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.