गोपी
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गोपी (gopī). By surface analysis, गोप (gop) + -ई (-ī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡoː.piː/
Noun
गोपी • (gopī) f (masculine गोप, Urdu spelling گوپی)
- milkmaid; cowherdess; milkman or cowherd's wife
- Synonyms: ग्वाली (gvālī), ग्वालिन (gvālin)
- (Hinduism) gopi
- Synonyms: गोपिका (gopikā), गोपिन (gopin)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गोपी gopī |
गोपियाँ gopiyā̃ |
| oblique | गोपी gopī |
गोपियों gopiyõ |
| vocative | गोपी gopī |
गोपियो gopiyo |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गोपी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 278
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “गोपी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1348
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “गोपी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 183
- Platts, John T. (1884) “गोपी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 922
- “गोपी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গোপী (Assamese script)
- ᬕᭀᬧᬷ (Balinese script)
- গোপী (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰺𑰢𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁄𑀧𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- ဂေါပီ (Burmese script)
- ગોપી (Gujarati script)
- ਗੋਪੀ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍋𑌪𑍀 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦺꦴꦥꦷ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂷𑂣𑂲 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೋಪೀ (Kannada script)
- គោបី (Khmer script)
- ໂຄປີ (Lao script)
- ഗോപീ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠣᢒᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘻𑘢𑘲 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢒᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧜𑧂𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑀𑐥𑐷 (Newa script)
- ଗୋପୀ (Odia script)
- ꢔꣂꢦꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆾𑆥𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖺𑖢𑖱 (Siddham script)
- ගොපී (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩕𑩰𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚴𑚞𑚯 (Takri script)
- கே³ாபீ (Tamil script)
- గోపీ (Telugu script)
- โคปี (Thai script)
- གོ་པཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒼𑒣𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨆𑨞𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
गोप (gopa, “milkman; cowboy; gopa”) + -ई (-ī, feminine-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡoː.piː/
Noun
गोपी • (gopī) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)
- milkmaid; cowherdess; milkman or cowherd's wife
- (Hinduism) gopi
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.84.69:
- नन्दो गोपाश्च गोप्यश्च गोविन्दचरणाम्बुजे । मनः क्षिप्तं पुनर्हर्तुमनीशा मथुरां ययुः ॥
- nando gopāśca gopyaśca govindacaraṇāmbuje. manaḥ kṣiptaṃ punarhartumanīśā mathurāṃ yayuḥ.
- Unable to withdraw their minds from Lord Krishna’s lotus feet, where they had surrendered them, Nanda and the gopas and gopis returned to Mathurā.
- नन्दो गोपाश्च गोप्यश्च गोविन्दचरणाम्बुजे । मनः क्षिप्तं पुनर्हर्तुमनीशा मथुरां ययुः ॥
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गोपी (gopī) | गोप्यौ (gopyau) | गोप्यः (gopyaḥ) |
| accusative | गोपीम् (gopīm) | गोप्यौ (gopyau) | गोपीः (gopīḥ) |
| instrumental | गोप्या (gopyā) | गोपीभ्याम् (gopībhyām) | गोपीभिः (gopībhiḥ) |
| dative | गोप्यै (gopyai) | गोपीभ्याम् (gopībhyām) | गोपीभ्यः (gopībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गोप्याः (gopyāḥ) | गोपीभ्याम् (gopībhyām) | गोपीभ्यः (gopībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गोप्याः (gopyāḥ) | गोप्योः (gopyoḥ) | गोपीनाम् (gopīnām) |
| locative | गोप्याम् (gopyām) | गोप्योः (gopyoḥ) | गोपीषु (gopīṣu) |
| vocative | गोपि (gopi) | गोप्यौ (gopyau) | गोप्यः (gopyaḥ) |
Related terms
- गोपिका (gopikā)
- Pali: gopikā
- Prakrit: गोविआ (goviā)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गोपी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 368.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “gopī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गोपी”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 86
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gōpī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 230