गवय
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গৱয় (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬯᬬ (Balinese script)
- গবয় (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰪𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀯𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ဂဝယ (Burmese script)
- ગવય (Gujarati script)
- ਗਵਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌵𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦮꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂫𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಗವಯ (Kannada script)
- គវយ (Khmer script)
- ຄວຍ (Lao script)
- ഗവയ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᠸᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘪𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠸᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧊𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐰𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଗଵଯ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢮꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆮𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖪𑖧 (Siddham script)
- ගවය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩾𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚦𑚣 (Takri script)
- க³வய (Tamil script)
- గవయ (Telugu script)
- ควย (Thai script)
- ག་ཝ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒫𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨭𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Related to गो (go, “cow”). Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬥 (gauuaiiān).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.ʋɐ.jɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.ʋɐ.jɐ/
Noun
ग॒व॒य • (gavayá) stem, m (feminine गवयी)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ग॒व॒यः (gavayáḥ) | ग॒व॒यौ (gavayáu) ग॒व॒या¹ (gavayā́¹) |
ग॒व॒याः (gavayā́ḥ) ग॒व॒यासः॑¹ (gavayā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | ग॒व॒यम् (gavayám) | ग॒व॒यौ (gavayáu) ग॒व॒या¹ (gavayā́¹) |
ग॒व॒यान् (gavayā́n) |
| instrumental | ग॒व॒येन॑ (gavayéna) | ग॒व॒याभ्या॑म् (gavayā́bhyām) | ग॒व॒यैः (gavayáiḥ) ग॒व॒येभिः॑¹ (gavayébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | ग॒व॒याय॑ (gavayā́ya) | ग॒व॒याभ्या॑म् (gavayā́bhyām) | ग॒व॒येभ्यः॑ (gavayébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | ग॒व॒यात् (gavayā́t) | ग॒व॒याभ्या॑म् (gavayā́bhyām) | ग॒व॒येभ्यः॑ (gavayébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | ग॒व॒यस्य॑ (gavayásya) | ग॒व॒ययोः॑ (gavayáyoḥ) | ग॒व॒याना॑म् (gavayā́nām) |
| locative | ग॒व॒ये (gavayé) | ग॒व॒ययोः॑ (gavayáyoḥ) | ग॒व॒येषु॑ (gavayéṣu) |
| vocative | गव॑य (gávaya) | गव॑यौ (gávayau) गव॑या¹ (gávayā¹) |
गव॑याः (gávayāḥ) गव॑यासः¹ (gávayāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: gavaya
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “गवय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 351, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 480
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gavayá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 219