गोष्ठ
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 13 February 2024
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গোষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᭀᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
- গোষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰺𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁄𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
- ဂေါၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
- ગોષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੋਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦺꦴꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂷𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೋಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
- គោឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
- ໂຄຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
- ഗോഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠣᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘻𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧜𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑀𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
- ଗୋଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
- ꢔꣂꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆾𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖺𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
- ගොෂ්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩕𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚴𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
- கே³ாஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
- గోష్ఠ (Telugu script)
- โคษฺฐ (Thai script)
- གོ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒼𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨆𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-sth₂-ó-, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”). By surface analysis, गो (go) + स्थ (stha). Cognate with Celtiberian boustom (“cow-house”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐwʂ.ʈʰɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡoːʂ.ʈʰɐ/
Noun
गोष्ठ • (goṣṭhá) stem, m
- cow-pen, cowshed, cattle abode
- stable (for other domesticated animals)
- meeting-place
- a male given name
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गोष्ठः (goṣṭháḥ) | गोष्ठौ (goṣṭhaú) गोष्ठा¹ (goṣṭhā́¹) |
गोष्ठाः (goṣṭhā́ḥ) गोष्ठासः¹ (goṣṭhā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | गोष्ठम् (goṣṭhám) | गोष्ठौ (goṣṭhaú) गोष्ठा¹ (goṣṭhā́¹) |
गोष्ठान् (goṣṭhā́n) |
| instrumental | गोष्ठेन (goṣṭhéna) | गोष्ठाभ्याम् (goṣṭhā́bhyām) | गोष्ठैः (goṣṭhaíḥ) गोष्ठेभिः¹ (goṣṭhébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गोष्ठाय (goṣṭhā́ya) | गोष्ठाभ्याम् (goṣṭhā́bhyām) | गोष्ठेभ्यः (goṣṭhébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गोष्ठात् (goṣṭhā́t) | गोष्ठाभ्याम् (goṣṭhā́bhyām) | गोष्ठेभ्यः (goṣṭhébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गोष्ठस्य (goṣṭhásya) | गोष्ठयोः (goṣṭháyoḥ) | गोष्ठानाम् (goṣṭhā́nām) |
| locative | गोष्ठे (goṣṭhé) | गोष्ठयोः (goṣṭháyoḥ) | गोष्ठेषु (goṣṭhéṣu) |
| vocative | गोष्ठ (góṣṭha) | गोष्ठौ (góṣṭhau) गोष्ठा¹ (góṣṭhā¹) |
गोष्ठाः (góṣṭhāḥ) गोष्ठासः¹ (góṣṭhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kalasha: goṣṭ
- Pali: goṭṭha
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (gŏṭṭha)
- → South Dravidian:
- Punjabic:
- Punjabi: gohth
- Gurmukhi script: ਗੋਹਥ
- Shahmukhi script: گوہتھ
- Punjabi: gohth
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गोष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 367.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “goṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “goṣṭha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.