गोपा

Sanskrit

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  • গোপা (Assamese script)
  • ᬕᭀᬧᬵ (Balinese script)
  • গোপা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰺𑰢𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑁄𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ဂေါပါ (Burmese script)
  • ગોપા (Gujarati script)
  • ਗੋਪਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦒꦺꦴꦥꦴ (Javanese script)
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  • ಗೋಪಾ (Kannada script)
  • គោបា (Khmer script)
  • ໂຄປາ (Lao script)
  • ഗോപാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡤᠣᢒᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘐𑘻𑘢𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢒᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦰𑧜𑧂𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑑀𑐥𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ଗୋପା (Odia script)
  • ꢔꣂꢦꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆾𑆥𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖺𑖢𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • ගොපා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩞𑩕𑩰𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚌𑚴𑚞𑚭 (Takri script)
  • கே³ாபா (Tamil script)
  • గోపా (Telugu script)
  • โคปา (Thai script)
  • གོ་པཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒼𑒣𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨍𑨆𑨞𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From गो (go, “cow”) +‎ पा (pā, “protecting, guarding”), the latter component from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂-s, from the root *peh₂- (“to guard”).

Pronunciation

Noun

गोपा • (gopā́) stem, m

  1. a cowherd
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.13.3:
      जा॒तो यद॑ग्ने॒ भुव॑ना॒ व्यख्यः॑ प॒शून्न गो॒पा इर्यः॒ परि॑ज्मा ।
      jātó yádagne bhúvanā vyákhyaḥ paśū́nná gopā́ íryaḥ párijmā.
      Agni, when, born thou lookedst on all creatures, like a brisk herdsman moving round his cattle.
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.10.2:
      उतैनं गोपा अदृशन्नदृशन्नुदहार्यः
      utainaṃ gopā adṛśannadṛśannudahāryaḥ
      The cowherds have seen Him (Rudra), as have the maidens who fetch water.

Declension

Masculine ā-stem declension of गोपा
singular dual plural
nominative गोपाः (gopā́ḥ) गोपौ (gopaú)
गोपा¹ (gopā́¹) 		गोपाः (gopā́ḥ)
accusative गोपाम् (gopā́m) गोपौ (gopaú)
गोपा¹ (gopā́¹) 		गोपाः (gopā́ḥ)
गोपः² (gopáḥ²)
instrumental गोपा (gopā́) गोपाभ्याम् (gopā́bhyām) गोपाभिः (gopā́bhiḥ)
dative गोपे (gopé) गोपाभ्याम् (gopā́bhyām) गोपाभ्यः (gopā́bhyaḥ)
ablative गोपः (gopáḥ) गोपाभ्याम् (gopā́bhyām) गोपाभ्यः (gopā́bhyaḥ)
genitive गोपः (gopáḥ) गोपोः (gopóḥ) गोपानाम् (gopā́nām)
गोपाम्² (gopā́m²)
locative गोपि (gopí) गोपोः (gopóḥ) गोपासु (gopā́su)
vocative गोपाः (gópāḥ) गोपौ (gópau)
गोपा¹ (gópā¹) 		गोपाः (gópāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Perhaps

Derived terms

  • गोपायति (gopāyáti, “to guard”)

See also

References

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