ग्लौ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

গ্লৌ (Assamese script)
ᬕ᭄ᬮᭁ (Balinese script)
গ্লৌ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰿𑰩𑰻 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑁆𑀮𑁅 (Brahmi script)
ဂ္လေါ် (Burmese script)
ગ્લૌ (Gujarati script)
ਗ੍ਲੌ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑍍𑌲𑍌 (Grantha script)
ꦒ꧀ꦭꦻꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂹𑂪𑂸 (Kaithi script)
ಗ್ಲೌ (Kannada script)
គ្លៅ (Khmer script)
ຄ຺ເລົາ (Lao script)
ഗ്ലൗ (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠯᠣᠣ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘿𑘩𑘼 (Modi script)
ᠺᠯᠣᠧᠸᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧠𑧉𑧝 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑑂𑐮𑑁 (Newa script)
ଗ୍ଲୌ (Odia script)
ꢔ꣄ꢭꣃ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑇀𑆬𑆿 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖿𑖩𑖻 (Siddham script)
ග‍්ලෞ (Sinhalese script)
𑩞 𑪙𑩽𑩘 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚶𑚥𑚵 (Takri script)
க்³லௌ (Tamil script)
గ్లౌ (Telugu script)
คฺเลา (Thai script)
གླཽ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑓂𑒪𑒾 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑩇𑨬𑨈 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Cognate to Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “buttock”), Armenian կլոր (klor, “spherical”), English clot. Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *glew-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡlɑ́ːw/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ɑw/

Noun

ग्लौ • (glaú) stem, m

a round lump, wen-like excrescence Lit. AV. vi , 83 , 3
the moon
camphor
the earth
plural lumps or parts of flesh of the sacrificial victim

Declension

Masculine au-stem declension of ग्लौ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ग्लौः (glaúḥ)	ग्लावौ (glā́vau) ग्लावा¹ (glā́vā¹)	ग्लावः (glā́vaḥ)
accusative	ग्लावम् (glā́vam)	ग्लावौ (glā́vau) ग्लावा¹ (glā́vā¹)	ग्लावः (glā́vaḥ)
instrumental	ग्लावा (glāvā́)	ग्लौभ्याम् (glaubhyā́m)	ग्लौभिः (glaubhíḥ)
dative	ग्लावे (glāvé)	ग्लौभ्याम् (glaubhyā́m)	ग्लौभ्यः (glaubhyáḥ)
ablative	ग्लावः (glāváḥ)	ग्लौभ्याम् (glaubhyā́m)	ग्लौभ्यः (glaubhyáḥ)
genitive	ग्लावः (glāváḥ)	ग्लावोः (glāvóḥ)	ग्लावाम् (glāvā́m)
locative	ग्लावि (glāví)	ग्लावोः (glāvóḥ)	ग्लौषु (glauṣú)
vocative	ग्लौः (glaúḥ)	ग्लावौ (glā́vau) ग्लावा¹ (glā́vā¹)	ग्लावः (glā́vaḥ)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “ग्लौ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0374/3.