गवय
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গৱয় (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬯᬬ (Balinese script)
- গবয় (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰪𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀯𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ဂဝယ (Burmese script)
- ગવય (Gujarati script)
- ਗਵਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌵𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦮꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂫𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಗವಯ (Kannada script)
- គវយ (Khmer script)
- ຄວຍ (Lao script)
- ഗവയ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᠸᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘪𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧊𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐰𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଗଵଯ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢮꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆮𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖪𑖧 (Siddham script)
- ගවය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩾𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚦𑚣 (Takri script)
- க³வய (Tamil script)
- గవయ (Telugu script)
- ควย (Thai script)
- ག་ཝ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒫𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨭𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Related to गो (go, “cow”). Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥 (gauuaiiān).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.ʋɐ.jɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.ʋɐ.jɐ/
Noun
गवय • (gavayá) stem, m (feminine गवयी)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गवयः (gavayáḥ) | गवयौ (gavayaú) गवया¹ (gavayā́¹) |
गवयाः (gavayā́ḥ) गवयासः¹ (gavayā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | गवयम् (gavayám) | गवयौ (gavayaú) गवया¹ (gavayā́¹) |
गवयान् (gavayā́n) |
| instrumental | गवयेन (gavayéna) | गवयाभ्याम् (gavayā́bhyām) | गवयैः (gavayaíḥ) गवयेभिः¹ (gavayébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गवयाय (gavayā́ya) | गवयाभ्याम् (gavayā́bhyām) | गवयेभ्यः (gavayébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गवयात् (gavayā́t) | गवयाभ्याम् (gavayā́bhyām) | गवयेभ्यः (gavayébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गवयस्य (gavayásya) | गवययोः (gavayáyoḥ) | गवयानाम् (gavayā́nām) |
| locative | गवये (gavayé) | गवययोः (gavayáyoḥ) | गवयेषु (gavayéṣu) |
| vocative | गवय (gávaya) | गवयौ (gávayau) गवया¹ (gávayā¹) |
गवयाः (gávayāḥ) गवयासः¹ (gávayāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: gavaya
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गवय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 351, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 480
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gavayá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 219