গহীন
Bengali
Alternative forms
- গহিন (gohin)
- গইন (goin), গঈন (goin) — Vanga
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali গহীন (gohin).
Adjective
গহীন • (gohin) (comparative আরও গহীন, superlative সবচেয়ে গহীন)
- deep
- profound; unfathomable
- far advanced (of an environment or natural condition)
Middle Bengali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀮 ~ 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀭 (gahīla ~ gahīra), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīra), with r ~ l and l ~ n alternation.
Adjective
গহীন (gohin)
- deep
- profound, unfathomable
- c. 17th c., Dvija Kanai, Mahua:
- তুমি হও গহীন গাঙ্গ আমি ডুব্যা মরি।
- tumi hō gohin gaṅgo ami ḍubba mori.
- Do you be the unfathomable stream and I will drown myself therein.
Descendants
- Bengali: গহীন (gohin)
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 216.