গভীর

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit গভীর (gabhīra). Doublet of গম্ভীর (gombhir) and গহির (gohir).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɡobʱiɾ/, [ɡobʱiɾ], [ɡoviɾ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɡobʱiɹ/, [ɡobʱiɹ], [ɡoviɹ]

Adjective

গভীর • (gobhir) (comparative আরও গভীর, superlative সবচেয়ে গভীর)

  1. deep
    গভীর জলের মাছgobhir joler macha cunning, secretive person (literally, “a deep-water fish”)
  2. hollow
  3. dense
  4. esoteric, profound
  5. low-pitched, grave

Noun

গভীর • (gobhir)

  1. deepest part, depths
  2. innermost part

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative গভীর (gobhir)
objective গভীর / গভীরকে (gobhir (semantically general or indefinite) / gobhirke (semantically definite))
genitive গভীরের (gobhirer)
locative গভীরে (gobhire)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative গভীরটা , গভীরটি (gobhirṭa (colloquial), gobhirṭi (formal)) গভীরগুলা, গভীরগুলো (gobhirgula (colloquial), gobhirgulo (formal))
objective গভীরটা, গভীরটি (gobhirṭa (colloquial), gobhirṭi (formal)) গভীরগুলা, গভীরগুলো (gobhirgula (colloquial), gobhirgulo (formal))
genitive গভীরটার, গভীরটির (gobhirṭar (colloquial), gobhirṭir (formal)) গভীরগুলার, গভীরগুলোর (gobhirgular (colloquial), gobhirgulor (formal))
locative গভীরটাতে / গভীরটায়, গভীরটিতে (gobhirṭate / gobhirṭay (colloquial), gobhirṭite (formal)) গভীরগুলাতে / গভীরগুলায়, গভীরগুলোতে (gobhirgulate / gobhirgulay (colloquial), gobhirgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “গভীর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, গভীর, Government of Bangladesh