Hindi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡə.jɑː/, [ɡɐ.jäː]

Etymology 1 edit

 
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Inherited from Sanskrit गया (gayā).

Proper noun edit

गया (gayām (Urdu spelling گیا)

  1. Gaya (a city in Bihar, India)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀅 (gaa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit गत (gatá, gone).

Verb edit

गया (gayā) (Urdu spelling گیا)

  1. inflection of जाना (jānā):
    1. masculine singular perfective participle
    2. masculine singular perfect indicative
    वह घर गयाvah ghar gayā.He went home.

References edit

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gatá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Named after the demon गयासुर (gayāsura) (Gayasura), compare असुर (asura).

Proper noun edit

गया (gayā)

  1. Gaya (historical and modern city in India)

References edit

  • Mandal, R. B. (1989). Systems of Rural Settlements in Developing Countries. Concept Publishing Company.