गाव

See also: गाँव, गांव, and गोवा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گاو (gāw) or inherited from Sanskrit *गाव (gāva). Doublet of गाय (gāy).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːʋ/, [ɡäːʋ]

Noun

गाव • (gāv) m (Urdu spelling گاو)

1. an ox

   Synonym: बैल (bail)

Declension

Declension of गाव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गाव gāv	गाव gāv
oblique	गाव gāv	गावों gāvõ
vocative	गाव gāv	गावो gāvo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Alternative forms

• गांव (gāuva)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘐𑘰𑘄 (gāu), 𑘐𑘰𑘽𑘄 (gāṃu), 𑘐𑘰𑘌 (gāo), 𑘐𑘰𑘪 (gāva), 𑘐𑘰𑘽𑘪 (gāṃva), 𑘐𑘼𑘽 (gauṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grā́ma), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grā́mas. Doublet of ग्राम (grām). Cognate with Konkani गांव (gā̃v), Gujarati ગામ (gām), Hindi गाँव (gā̃v)/Urdu گانو (gā̃v).

Noun

गाव • (gāv) n

1. village

   Synonym: खेडे (kheḍe)

2. (more generally) town or city

   Synonyms: नगर (nagar), शहर (śahar)

Declension

Declension of गाव (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	गाव gāv
direct plural	गावे, गावं gāve, gāva
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	गाव gāv		गावे, गावं gāve, gāva
oblique सामान्यरूप	गावा gāvā		गावां- gāvān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	गावाला gāvālā		गावांना gāvānnā
ergative	गावाने, गावानं gāvāne, gāvāna		गावांनी gāvānnī
instrumental	गावाशी gāvāśī		गावांशी gāvānśī
locative सप्तमी	गावात gāvāt		गावांत gāvāt
vocative संबोधन	गावा gāvā		गावांनो gāvānno
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 गाव (neut cons-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	गावाचा gāvāċā	गावाचे gāvāċe	गावाची gāvācī	गावाच्या gāvācā	गावाचे, गावाचं gāvāċe, gāvāċa	गावाची gāvācī	गावाच्या gāvācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	गावांचा gāvānċā	गावांचे gāvānċe	गावांची gāvāñcī	गावांच्या gāvāncā	गावांचे, गावांचं gāvānċe, gāvānċa	गावांची gāvāñcī	गावांच्या gāvāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• खेडेगाव (kheḍegāv)
• गावकामगार (gāvkāmgār)
• गावोगावी (gāvogāvī)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गाव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गाव_or_गांव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गां(गा)व”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grāˊma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press