गेह
Braj
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गेह (geha).
Noun
गेह (geh) m
- home, house
- सूरदास:
- लाल माई भीजत आये गेह
- lāl māī bhījat āye geh
- o Yaśodā, Krishna lāl is drenched coming home
- (literally, “Lāl, o mother, is drenched coming home”)
- लाल माई भीजत आये गेह
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- गेध (gedha) — Aṅguttara-Nikāya
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গেহ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬾᬳ (Balinese script)
- গেহ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰸𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- ဂေဟ (Burmese script)
- ગેહ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੇਹ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍇𑌹 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦺꦲ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂵𑂯 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೇಹ (Kannada script)
- គេហ (Khmer script)
- ເຄຫ (Lao script)
- ഗേഹ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᡝᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘹𑘮 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠧᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧚𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐾𑐴 (Newa script)
- ଗେହ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢾꢲ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆼𑆲 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖸𑖮 (Siddham script)
- ගෙහ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩔𑪂 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚲𑚩 (Takri script)
- கே³ஹ (Tamil script)
- గేహ (Telugu script)
- เคห (Thai script)
- གེ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒹𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨄𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Cognate with Proto-Iranian *gayθaH (“life, means of subsistence”) (whence Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬃 (gaēθā̊, “household, herds, property”)),[1] likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).[2] Possibly influenced in meaning by गृह (gṛhá, “house, household”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐj.ɦɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡeː.ɦɐ/
Noun
गे॒ह • (gehá) stem, m or n [3]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गे॒हः (geháḥ) | गे॒हौ (geháu) गे॒हा¹ (gehā́¹) |
गे॒हाः (gehā́ḥ) गे॒हासः॑¹ (gehā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | गे॒हम् (gehám) | गे॒हौ (geháu) गे॒हा¹ (gehā́¹) |
गे॒हान् (gehā́n) |
| instrumental | गे॒हेन॑ (gehéna) | गे॒हाभ्या॑म् (gehā́bhyām) | गे॒हैः (geháiḥ) गे॒हेभिः॑¹ (gehébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गे॒हाय॑ (gehā́ya) | गे॒हाभ्या॑म् (gehā́bhyām) | गे॒हेभ्यः॑ (gehébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गे॒हात् (gehā́t) | गे॒हाभ्या॑म् (gehā́bhyām) | गे॒हेभ्यः॑ (gehébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गे॒हस्य॑ (gehásya) | गे॒हयोः॑ (geháyoḥ) | गे॒हाना॑म् (gehā́nām) |
| locative | गे॒हे (gehé) | गे॒हयोः॑ (geháyoḥ) | गे॒हेषु॑ (gehéṣu) |
| vocative | गेह॑ (géha) | गेहौ॑ (géhau) गेहा॑¹ (géhā¹) |
गेहाः॑ (géhāḥ) गेहा॑सः¹ (géhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गे॒हम् (gehám) | गे॒हे (gehé) | गे॒हानि॑ (gehā́ni) गे॒हा¹ (gehā́¹) |
| accusative | गे॒हम् (gehám) | गे॒हे (gehé) | गे॒हानि॑ (gehā́ni) गे॒हा¹ (gehā́¹) |
| instrumental | गे॒हेन॑ (gehéna) | गे॒हाभ्या॑म् (gehā́bhyām) | गे॒हैः (geháiḥ) गे॒हेभिः॑¹ (gehébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गे॒हाय॑ (gehā́ya) | गे॒हाभ्या॑म् (gehā́bhyām) | गे॒हेभ्यः॑ (gehébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गे॒हात् (gehā́t) | गे॒हाभ्या॑म् (gehā́bhyām) | गे॒हेभ्यः॑ (gehébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गे॒हस्य॑ (gehásya) | गे॒हयोः॑ (geháyoḥ) | गे॒हाना॑म् (gehā́nām) |
| locative | गे॒हे (gehé) | गे॒हयोः॑ (geháyoḥ) | गे॒हेषु॑ (gehéṣu) |
| vocative | गेह॑ (géha) | गेहे॑ (géhe) | गेहा॑नि (géhāni) गेहा॑¹ (géhā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Grangali: [script needed] (gē)
- Kashmiri: gī
- Arabic script: گِی
- Devanagari script: गी
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑁂𑀳 (geha)
Borrowed terms
- → Tamil: கேகம் (kēkam)
- → Bengali: গেহ (gehô) (learned)
- → Braj: गेह (geh) (learned)
- → Hindi: गेह (geh) (learned)
- → Malayalam: ഗേഹം (gēhaṁ) (learned)
- → Marathi: गेह (geh) (learned)
- → Telugu: గేహము (gēhamu), గేహం (gēhaṁ) (learned)
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2011), Selected Pashto Problems II. Historical Phonology 1: On Vocalism and Etyma (Iran and the Caucasus)[1], volume 15, numbers 1-2, Brill Academic Publishers, page 185
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*gaiθā- ‘житье; средства к существованию’”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 107
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “geha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 228