𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞

Prakrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-sth₂-ó-s

Sanskrit गो॒ष्ठ (goṣṭhá)

Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞

Inherited from Sanskrit गो॒ष्ठ (goṣṭhá), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-sth₂-ó-s, from *gʷṓws + *steh₂-. Cognate with Pali goṭṭha.

𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (gŏṭṭha) m (Devanagari गोट्ठ, Kannada ಗೊಟ್ಠ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

Maharastri declension of 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁄 (gŏṭṭho)	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (gŏṭṭhā)
Accusative	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀁 (gŏṭṭhaṃ)	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂 (gŏṭṭhe) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (gŏṭṭhā)
Instrumental	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂𑀡 (gŏṭṭheṇa) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂𑀡𑀁 (gŏṭṭheṇaṃ)	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂𑀳𑀺 (gŏṭṭhehi) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (gŏṭṭhehiṃ)
Dative	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀅 (gŏṭṭhāa)	—
Ablative	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀑 (gŏṭṭhāo) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀉 (gŏṭṭhāu) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (gŏṭṭhā) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀳𑀺 (gŏṭṭhāhi) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (gŏṭṭhāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀲𑁆𑀲 (gŏṭṭhassa)	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡 (gŏṭṭhāṇa) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀁 (gŏṭṭhāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (gŏṭṭhammi) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂 (gŏṭṭhe)	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂𑀲𑀼 (gŏṭṭhesu) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (gŏṭṭhesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (gŏṭṭha) or 𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (gŏṭṭhā)	𑀕𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸 (gŏṭṭhā)

Inherited

Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
  - Bengali: গোঠ (gōṭh)
- Bihari:
  - Bhojpuri: गोठ (gōṭh)
- Odia: ଗୋଠ (goṭha), ଗୁଠ (guṭha)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Kumaoni: गोठ (goṭh)
- Nepali: गोठ (goṭh)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: ਗੋਹਥ / گوہتھ (gohath)
- Sindhi: ڳوٺُ / ॻोठु (g̠oṭhu)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Konkani: गोटो / ಗೊಟೊ / gotto (goṭo)
- Marathi: गोठा (goṭhā)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: ગોઠો (goṭho), ગોઠા (goṭhā)
→ South Dravidian:
- Old Kannada: ಕೊಟ್ಟಗೆ (koṭṭage)
  - Kannada: ಕೊಟ್ಟಿಗೆ (koṭṭige)
    - → Konkani: कोड्के (koḍke)
- Tamil: கொட்டகை (koṭṭakai), கொட்டகம் (koṭṭakam)

Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “गोट्ठ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gōṣṭhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 232