गोष्ठ
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 13 February 2024
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গোষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᭀᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
- গোষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰺𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
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- ဂေါၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
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- ਗੋਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
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- ꦒꦺꦴꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂷𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೋಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
- គោឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
- ໂຄຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
- ഗോഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠣᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘻𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧜𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑀𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
- ଗୋଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
- ꢔꣂꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆾𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖺𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
- ගොෂ්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩕𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚴𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
- கே³ாஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
- గోష్ఠ (Telugu script)
- โคษฺฐ (Thai script)
- གོ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒼𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨆𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-sth₂-ó-, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *steh₂- (“to stand”). By surface analysis, गो (go) + स्थ (stha). Cognate with Celtiberian boustom (“cow-house”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐwʂ.ʈʰɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡoːʂ.ʈʰɐ/
Noun
गो॒ष्ठ • (goṣṭhá) stem, m
- cow-pen, cowshed, cattle abode
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.28.1:
- आ गावो॑ अग्मन्न् उ॒त भ॒द्रम् अ॑क्र॒न्त् सीद॑न्तु गो॒ष्ठे र॒णय॑न्त्व् अ॒स्मे।
प्र॒जाव॑तीः पुरु॒रूपा॑ इ॒ह स्यु॒र् इन्द्रा॑य पू॒र्वीर् उ॒षसो॒ दुहा॑नाः॥- ā́ gā́vo agmann utá bhadrám akrant sī́dantu goṣṭhé raṇáyantv asmé.
prajā́vatīḥ pururū́pā ihá syur índrāya pūrvī́r uṣáso dúhānāḥ. - The cows have come and brought good fortune: let them rest in the cow-pen and be happy near us.
Here let them stay prolific, many-coloured, and yield their milk for Indra through many mornings.
- ā́ gā́vo agmann utá bhadrám akrant sī́dantu goṣṭhé raṇáyantv asmé.
- आ गावो॑ अग्मन्न् उ॒त भ॒द्रम् अ॑क्र॒न्त् सीद॑न्तु गो॒ष्ठे र॒णय॑न्त्व् अ॒स्मे।
- stable (for other domesticated animals)
- meeting-place
- a male given name
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गो॒ष्ठः (goṣṭháḥ) | गो॒ष्ठौ (goṣṭháu) गो॒ष्ठा¹ (goṣṭhā́¹) |
गो॒ष्ठाः (goṣṭhā́ḥ) गो॒ष्ठासः॑¹ (goṣṭhā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | गो॒ष्ठम् (goṣṭhám) | गो॒ष्ठौ (goṣṭháu) गो॒ष्ठा¹ (goṣṭhā́¹) |
गो॒ष्ठान् (goṣṭhā́n) |
| instrumental | गो॒ष्ठेन॑ (goṣṭhéna) | गो॒ष्ठाभ्या॑म् (goṣṭhā́bhyām) | गो॒ष्ठैः (goṣṭháiḥ) गो॒ष्ठेभिः॑¹ (goṣṭhébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गो॒ष्ठाय॑ (goṣṭhā́ya) | गो॒ष्ठाभ्या॑म् (goṣṭhā́bhyām) | गो॒ष्ठेभ्यः॑ (goṣṭhébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गो॒ष्ठात् (goṣṭhā́t) | गो॒ष्ठाभ्या॑म् (goṣṭhā́bhyām) | गो॒ष्ठेभ्यः॑ (goṣṭhébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गो॒ष्ठस्य॑ (goṣṭhásya) | गो॒ष्ठयोः॑ (goṣṭháyoḥ) | गो॒ष्ठाना॑म् (goṣṭhā́nām) |
| locative | गो॒ष्ठे (goṣṭhé) | गो॒ष्ठयोः॑ (goṣṭháyoḥ) | गो॒ष्ठेषु॑ (goṣṭhéṣu) |
| vocative | गोष्ठ॑ (góṣṭha) | गोष्ठौ॑ (góṣṭhau) गोष्ठा॑¹ (góṣṭhā¹) |
गोष्ठाः॑ (góṣṭhāḥ) गोष्ठा॑सः¹ (góṣṭhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Inherited
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “गोष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 367.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “goṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “goṣṭha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.