गोविन्द

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

গোৱিন্দ (Assamese script)
ᬕᭀᬯᬶᬦ᭄ᬤ (Balinese script)
গোবিন্দ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰺𑰪𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑁄𑀯𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤 (Brahmi script)
ဂေါဝိန္ဒ (Burmese script)
ગોવિન્દ (Gujarati script)
ਗੋਵਿਨ੍ਦ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦺꦴꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂷𑂫𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂠 (Kaithi script)
ಗೋವಿನ್ದ (Kannada script)
គោវិន្ទ (Khmer script)
ໂຄວິນ຺ທ (Lao script)
ഗോവിന്ദ (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠣᠸᡳᠨᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘻𑘪𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘟 (Modi script)
ᠺᠣᠸᠠᠸᠢᠨᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧜𑧊𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑑀𑐰𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐡 (Newa script)
ଗୋଵିନ୍ଦ (Odia script)
ꢔꣂꢮꢶꢥ꣄ꢣ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆾𑆮𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆢 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖺𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖟 (Siddham script)
ගොවින්‍ද (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩕𑩾𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚴𑚦𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚛 (Takri script)
கே³ாவிந்த³ (Tamil script)
గోవిన్ద (Telugu script)
โควินฺท (Thai script)
གོ་ཝི་ནྡ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒼𑒫𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨆𑨭𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Probably a Prakritism of earlier गोपेन्द्र (gopendra) (= गोपा (gopā) +‎ इन्द्र (indra)), influenced by विन्दति (vindati).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡoː.ʋin̪.d̪ɐ/

Noun

गोविन्द • (govinda) stem, m

cowherd
Govinda: an epithet of Krishna (MBh., Hariv., Bhag., BhP.)
epithet of Brihaspati (L.)
name of a month (VarBṛS.)
name of a prince
name of various teachers and authors
name of a mountain (MBh.)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गोविन्द
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गोविन्दः (govindaḥ)	गोविन्दौ (govindau)	गोविन्दाः (govindāḥ)
accusative	गोविन्दम् (govindam)	गोविन्दौ (govindau)	गोविन्दान् (govindān)
instrumental	गोविन्देन (govindena)	गोविन्दाभ्याम् (govindābhyām)	गोविन्दैः (govindaiḥ)
dative	गोविन्दाय (govindāya)	गोविन्दाभ्याम् (govindābhyām)	गोविन्देभ्यः (govindebhyaḥ)
ablative	गोविन्दात् (govindāt)	गोविन्दाभ्याम् (govindābhyām)	गोविन्देभ्यः (govindebhyaḥ)
genitive	गोविन्दस्य (govindasya)	गोविन्दयोः (govindayoḥ)	गोविन्दानाम् (govindānām)
locative	गोविन्दे (govinde)	गोविन्दयोः (govindayoḥ)	गोविन्देषु (govindeṣu)
vocative	गोविन्द (govinda)	गोविन्दौ (govindau)	गोविन्दाः (govindāḥ)

Descendants

Bengali: গোবিন্দ (gōbindo)
→ English: Govinda
→ Telugu: గోవిందుడు (gōvinduḍu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “गोविन्द”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 366, column 3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “govinda-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 165-166