Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गुहा (gúhā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡʊ.ɦɑː/, [ɡʊ.ɦäː]

Noun edit

गुहा (guhāf (Urdu spelling گہا)

  1. (geography) grotto; cave
  2. (anatomy) cavity

Declension edit

References edit

Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गुहा (gúhā).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

गुहा (guhāf

  1. cave; cavern

Declension edit

Declension of गुहा (fem ā-stem)
direct
singular
गुहा
guhā
direct
plural
गुहा
guhā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
गुहा
guhā
गुहा
guhā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
गुहे
guhe
गुहां-
guhān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
गुहेला
guhelā
गुहांना
guhānnā
ergative गुहेने, गुहेनं
guhene, guhena
गुहांनी
guhānnī
instrumental गुहेशी
guheśī
गुहांशी
guhānśī
locative
सप्तमी
गुहेत
guhet
गुहांत
guhāt
vocative
संबोधन
गुहे
guhe
गुहांनो
guhānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of गुहा (fem ā-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
गुहेचा
guheċā
गुहेचे
guheċe
गुहेची
guhecī
गुहेच्या
guhecā
गुहेचे, गुहेचं
guheċe, guheċa
गुहेची
guhecī
गुहेच्या
guhecā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
गुहांचा
guhānċā
गुहांचे
guhānċe
गुहांची
guhāñcī
गुहांच्या
guhāncā
गुहांचे, गुहांचं
guhānċe, guhānċa
गुहांची
guhāñcī
गुहांच्या
guhāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “गुहा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गुहा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “गुहा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press

Sanskrit edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the root गुह् (guh, to hide, conceal), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (to hide, conceal). See गूहति (gū́hati) for cognates.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

गुहा (gúhā) stemf

  1. hiding place, cave, cavern

Declension edit

Feminine ā-stem declension of गुहा (gúhā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गुहा
gúhā
गुहे
gúhe
गुहाः
gúhāḥ
Vocative गुहे
gúhe
गुहे
gúhe
गुहाः
gúhāḥ
Accusative गुहाम्
gúhām
गुहे
gúhe
गुहाः
gúhāḥ
Instrumental गुहया / गुहा¹
gúhayā / gúhā¹
गुहाभ्याम्
gúhābhyām
गुहाभिः
gúhābhiḥ
Dative गुहायै
gúhāyai
गुहाभ्याम्
gúhābhyām
गुहाभ्यः
gúhābhyaḥ
Ablative गुहायाः / गुहायै²
gúhāyāḥ / gúhāyai²
गुहाभ्याम्
gúhābhyām
गुहाभ्यः
gúhābhyaḥ
Genitive गुहायाः / गुहायै²
gúhāyāḥ / gúhāyai²
गुहयोः
gúhayoḥ
गुहानाम्
gúhānām
Locative गुहायाम्
gúhāyām
गुहयोः
gúhayoḥ
गुहासु
gúhāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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