गेह
Braj
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गेह (geha).
Noun
गेह (geh) m
- home, house
- सूरदास:
- लाल माई भीजत आये गेह
- lāl māī bhījat āye geh
- o Yaśodā, Krishna lāl is drenched coming home
- (literally, “Lāl, o mother, is drenched coming home”)
- लाल माई भीजत आये गेह
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গেহ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬾᬳ (Balinese script)
- গেহ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰸𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- ဂေဟ (Burmese script)
- ગેહ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੇਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍇𑌹 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦺꦲ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂵𑂯 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೇಹ (Kannada script)
- គេហ (Khmer script)
- ເຄຫ (Lao script)
- ഗേഹ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᡝᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘹𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠧᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧚𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐾𑐴 (Newa script)
- ଗେହ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢾꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆼𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖸𑖮 (Siddham script)
- ගෙහ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩔𑪂 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚲𑚩 (Takri script)
- கே³ஹ (Tamil script)
- గేహ (Telugu script)
- เคห (Thai script)
- གེ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒹𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨄𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
A late Vedic corruption of गृह (gṛhá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰr̥dʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰós.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐj.ɦɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡeː.ɦɐ/
Noun
गेह • (gehá) stem, m or n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गेहः (geháḥ) | गेहौ (gehaú) गेहा¹ (gehā́¹) |
गेहाः (gehā́ḥ) गेहासः¹ (gehā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | गेहम् (gehám) | गेहौ (gehaú) गेहा¹ (gehā́¹) |
गेहान् (gehā́n) |
| instrumental | गेहेन (gehéna) | गेहाभ्याम् (gehā́bhyām) | गेहैः (gehaíḥ) गेहेभिः¹ (gehébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गेहाय (gehā́ya) | गेहाभ्याम् (gehā́bhyām) | गेहेभ्यः (gehébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गेहात् (gehā́t) | गेहाभ्याम् (gehā́bhyām) | गेहेभ्यः (gehébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गेहस्य (gehásya) | गेहयोः (geháyoḥ) | गेहानाम् (gehā́nām) |
| locative | गेहे (gehé) | गेहयोः (geháyoḥ) | गेहेषु (gehéṣu) |
| vocative | गेह (géha) | गेहौ (géhau) गेहा¹ (géhā¹) |
गेहाः (géhāḥ) गेहासः¹ (géhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गेहम् (gehám) | गेहे (gehé) | गेहानि (gehā́ni) गेहा¹ (gehā́¹) |
| accusative | गेहम् (gehám) | गेहे (gehé) | गेहानि (gehā́ni) गेहा¹ (gehā́¹) |
| instrumental | गेहेन (gehéna) | गेहाभ्याम् (gehā́bhyām) | गेहैः (gehaíḥ) गेहेभिः¹ (gehébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गेहाय (gehā́ya) | गेहाभ्याम् (gehā́bhyām) | गेहेभ्यः (gehébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गेहात् (gehā́t) | गेहाभ्याम् (gehā́bhyām) | गेहेभ्यः (gehébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गेहस्य (gehásya) | गेहयोः (geháyoḥ) | गेहानाम् (gehā́nām) |
| locative | गेहे (gehé) | गेहयोः (geháyoḥ) | गेहेषु (gehéṣu) |
| vocative | गेह (géha) | गेहे (géhe) | गेहानि (géhāni) गेहा¹ (géhā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Grangali: [script needed] (gē)
- Kashmiri: gī
- Arabic script: گِی
- Devanagari script: गी
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑁂𑀳 (geha)
Borrowed terms
- → Tamil: கேகம் (kēkam)
- → Bengali: গেহ (gehô) (learned)
- → Braj: गेह (geh) (learned)
- → Hindi: गेह (geh) (learned)
- → Malayalam: ഗേഹം (gēhaṁ) (learned)
- → Marathi: गेह (geh) (learned)
- → Telugu: గేహము (gēhamu), గేహం (gēhaṁ) (learned)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “geha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 228