गोपा

Sanskrit

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  • গোপা (Assamese script)
  • ᬕᭀᬧᬵ (Balinese script)
  • গোপা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰺𑰢𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑁄𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ဂေါပါ (Burmese script)
  • ગોપા (Gujarati script)
  • ਗੋਪਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦒꦺꦴꦥꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂏𑂷𑂣𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಗೋಪಾ (Kannada script)
  • គោបា (Khmer script)
  • ໂຄປາ (Lao script)
  • ഗോപാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡤᠣᢒᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘐𑘻𑘢𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢒᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦰𑧜𑧂𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
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  • ଗୋପା (Odia script)
  • ꢔꣂꢦꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆾𑆥𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖺𑖢𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • ගොපා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩞𑩕𑩰𑩛 (Soyombo script)
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  • கே³ாபா (Tamil script)
  • గోపా (Telugu script)
  • โคปา (Thai script)
  • གོ་པཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒼𑒣𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨍𑨆𑨞𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From गो (go, “cow”) +‎ पा (pā, “protecting, guarding”), the latter component from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂-s, from the root *peh₂- (“to guard”). Compare Proto-Iranian *gawpaHā.

Pronunciation

Noun

गो॒पा • (gopā́) stem, m

  1. a cowherd
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.13.3:
      जा॒तो यद॑ग्ने॒ भुव॑ना॒ व्यख्यः॑ प॒शून्न गो॒पा इर्यः॒ परि॑ज्मा ।
      jātó yádagne bhúvanā vyákhyaḥ paśū́nná gopā́ íryaḥ párijmā.
      Agni, when, born thou lookedst on all creatures, like a brisk herdsman moving round his cattle.
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.10.2:
      उतैनं गोपा अदृशन्नदृशन्नुदहार्यः
      utainaṃ gopā adṛśannadṛśannudahāryaḥ
      The cowherds have seen Him (Rudra), as have the maidens who fetch water.

Declension

Masculine ā-stem declension of गो॒पा
singular dual plural
nominative गो॒पाः (gopā́ḥ) गो॒पौ (gopáu)
गो॒पा¹ (gopā́¹) 		गो॒पाः (gopā́ḥ)
accusative गो॒पाम् (gopā́m) गो॒पौ (gopáu)
गो॒पा¹ (gopā́¹) 		गो॒पाः (gopā́ḥ)
गो॒पः² (gopáḥ²)
instrumental गो॒पा (gopā́) गो॒पाभ्या॑म् (gopā́bhyām) गो॒पाभिः॑ (gopā́bhiḥ)
dative गो॒पे (gopé) गो॒पाभ्या॑म् (gopā́bhyām) गो॒पाभ्यः॑ (gopā́bhyaḥ)
ablative गो॒पः (gopáḥ) गो॒पाभ्या॑म् (gopā́bhyām) गो॒पाभ्यः॑ (gopā́bhyaḥ)
genitive गो॒पः (gopáḥ) गो॒पोः (gopóḥ) गो॒पाना॑म् (gopā́nām)
गो॒पाम्² (gopā́m²)
locative गो॒पि (gopí) गो॒पोः (gopóḥ) गो॒पासु॑ (gopā́su)
vocative गोपाः॑ (gópāḥ) गोपौ॑ (gópau)
गोपा॑¹ (gópā¹) 		गोपाः॑ (gópāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Perhaps

Derived terms

  • गोपायति (gopāyáti, “to guard”)

See also

References

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