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Etymology edit

From Sanskrit गोपाल (gopāla). Doublet of ग्वाला (gvālā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡoː.pɑːl/, [ɡoː.päːl]

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गोपाल (gopālm

  1. a cowherd
  2. protector of the earth: a king
  3. a title of Krishna

Proper noun edit

गोपाल (gopālm

  1. a male given name, Gopal, from Sanskrit

Sanskrit edit

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गो (, cow, cattle, kine) +‎ पाल (pāla, protector, guard).

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गोपाल (gopālá) stemm

  1. a cowherd
    • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 4.1.5:
      शर्यातो ह वा ईक्षां चक्रे । यत्किमकरं तस्मादिदमापदीति स गोपालांश्चाविपालांश्च संह्वयितवा उवाच । स होवाच । को वोऽद्येह किंचिदद्राक्षीदिति ते होचुः पुरुष एवायं जीर्णिः कृत्यारूपः शेते तमनर्थ्यं मन्यमानाः कुमारा लोष्टैर्व्यपिक्षन्निति स विदांचकार स वै च्यवन इति ।
      śaryāto ha vā īkṣāṃ cakre . yatkimakaraṃ tasmādidamāpadīti sa gopālāṃścāvipālāṃśca saṃhvayitavā uvāca . sa hovāca . ko voʼdyeha kiṃcidadrākṣīditi te hocuḥ puruṣa evāyaṃ jīrṇiḥ kṛtyārūpaḥ śete tamanarthyaṃ manyamānāḥ kumārā loṣṭairvyapikṣanniti sa vidāṃcakāra sa vai cyavana iti .
      Śaryāta then bethought him, "This has come to pass for something or other I have done!" He called the cowherds and shepherds together, and said: "Which of you has seen anything here to-day?" They said, "Yonder lies a man, decrepit and ghostlike: him the boys have pelted with clods, setting him at nought." Then Śaryāta knew that this was Cyavana.

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of गोपाल (gopālá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गोपालः
gopāláḥ
गोपालौ / गोपाला¹
gopālaú / gopālā́¹
गोपालाः / गोपालासः¹
gopālā́ḥ / gopālā́saḥ¹
Vocative गोपाल
gópāla
गोपालौ / गोपाला¹
gópālau / gópālā¹
गोपालाः / गोपालासः¹
gópālāḥ / gópālāsaḥ¹
Accusative गोपालम्
gopālám
गोपालौ / गोपाला¹
gopālaú / gopālā́¹
गोपालान्
gopālā́n
Instrumental गोपालेन
gopāléna
गोपालाभ्याम्
gopālā́bhyām
गोपालैः / गोपालेभिः¹
gopālaíḥ / gopālébhiḥ¹
Dative गोपालाय
gopālā́ya
गोपालाभ्याम्
gopālā́bhyām
गोपालेभ्यः
gopālébhyaḥ
Ablative गोपालात्
gopālā́t
गोपालाभ्याम्
gopālā́bhyām
गोपालेभ्यः
gopālébhyaḥ
Genitive गोपालस्य
gopālásya
गोपालयोः
gopāláyoḥ
गोपालानाम्
gopālā́nām
Locative गोपाले
gopālé
गोपालयोः
gopāláyoḥ
गोपालेषु
gopāléṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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