গাভিনি

See also: গাভিন and গাভিনী

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit ग॒र्भिणी॑ (garbhíṇī)
    Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀪𑀺𑀦𑀻 (gabhinī)
    Prakrit 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (gabbhiṇī)
    Apabhramsa गब्भिणी (gabbhiṇī)
    Middle Bengali গাভিনি (gabhini)

    Inherited from Apabhramsa गब्भिणी (gabbhiṇī), from Prakrit 𑀕𑀩𑁆𑀪𑀺𑀡𑀻 (gabbhiṇī), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀪𑀺𑀦𑀻 (gabhinī /⁠gabbhinī⁠/), from Sanskrit ग॒र्भिणी॑ (garbhíṇī).

    Cognates

    Early New Indo-Aryan cognates include Middle Hindi گابھن (gabhn), Old Marathi 𑘐𑘰𑘥𑘲𑘜𑘲 (gābhīṇī).

    Noun

    গাভিনি (gabhini)[1]

    1. pregnant female
      • a. 17–18th c. CE, বিষ্ণু পাল [biśnu pal], মনসামঙ্গল [monsamoṅgol]:
        মনসার রোদনে গাভিনি গর্ভ ছাড়ে
        monsar rōdone gabhini gorbho chaṛe
        [1]At Manasā’s piteous cries pregnant females miscarried

    Descendants

    • Bengali: গাভিন (gabhin)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 221.

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