The word گوٹھ means 'village' in Sindh.  Many villages have this as part of their name.  Also, one of the meanings given for گوٹھ in the Urdu Lughat http://udb.gov.pk/result.php?search=%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%B9%DA%BE  is بستی 'settlement, neighborhood'. 



E. Bashir, PhD (Linguistics)

Senior Lecturer in Urdu

Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations

The University of Chicago

1130 E. 59th St., #214

Chicago, IL 60637

 

Phone:  773-702-8632