गोण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

गोण्ड • (goṇḍa) stemm

  1. a man of a low tribe, mountaineer, esp. inhabiting the eastern portion of the Vindhya range between the Narmada and Krishna; the Gond people

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गोण्ड
singular dual plural
nominative गोण्डः (goṇḍaḥ) गोण्डौ (goṇḍau)
गोण्डा¹ (goṇḍā¹)
गोण्डाः (goṇḍāḥ)
गोण्डासः¹ (goṇḍāsaḥ¹)
accusative गोण्डम् (goṇḍam) गोण्डौ (goṇḍau)
गोण्डा¹ (goṇḍā¹)
गोण्डान् (goṇḍān)
instrumental गोण्डेन (goṇḍena) गोण्डाभ्याम् (goṇḍābhyām) गोण्डैः (goṇḍaiḥ)
गोण्डेभिः¹ (goṇḍebhiḥ¹)
dative गोण्डाय (goṇḍāya) गोण्डाभ्याम् (goṇḍābhyām) गोण्डेभ्यः (goṇḍebhyaḥ)
ablative गोण्डात् (goṇḍāt) गोण्डाभ्याम् (goṇḍābhyām) गोण्डेभ्यः (goṇḍebhyaḥ)
genitive गोण्डस्य (goṇḍasya) गोण्डयोः (goṇḍayoḥ) गोण्डानाम् (goṇḍānām)
locative गोण्डे (goṇḍe) गोण्डयोः (goṇḍayoḥ) गोण्डेषु (goṇḍeṣu)
vocative गोण्ड (goṇḍa) गोण्डौ (goṇḍau)
गोण्डा¹ (goṇḍā¹)
गोण्डाः (goṇḍāḥ)
गोण्डासः¹ (goṇḍāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Prakrit: 𑀕𑁄𑀁𑀟 (goṃḍa)
    • Bengali: গোঁড় (gō̃ṛ)
    • Bhadrawahi: गुन्नो (gunno)
    • Bhojpuri: गोँड़ (gō̃ṛ)
    • Hindustani: gõḍā
      • Hindi: गोंडा
      • Urdu: گون٘ڈا
    • Nepali: गुनु (gunu)
    • Odia: ଗୁଣ୍ଡା (guṇḍā)
    • Punjabi: guṇḍā
      Gurmukhi script: ਗੁੰਡਾ
      Shahmukhi script: گُن٘ڈا

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “गोण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 367/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 163