গাই

Assamese

Alternative forms

• গাইগৰু (gaigoru)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit গাৱী (gāvī) from Sanskrit गो (go).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɪ/

Noun

গাই • (gai)

1. cow

Declension

Inflection of গাই

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			numeral				non-numeral (plural)
			singular		plural		informal
absolutive	গাই gai		গাইজনী gaizoni		গাইকেইজনী gaikeizoni		গাইবোৰ gaibür		গাইবিলাক gaibilak
ergative	গাইয়ে gaie		গাইজনীয়ে gaizonie		গাইকেইজনীয়ে gaikeizonie		গাইবোৰে gaibüre		গাইবিলাকে gaibilake
accusative	গাইক gaik		গাইজনীক gaizonik		গাইকেইজনীক gaikeizonik		গাইবোৰক gaibürok		গাইবিলাকক gaibilakok
genitive	গাইৰ gair		গাইজনীৰ gaizonir		গাইকেইজনীৰ gaikeizonir		গাইবোৰৰ gaibüror		গাইবিলাকৰ gaibilakor
dative	গাইলৈ gailoi		গাইজনীলৈ gaizoniloi		গাইকেইজনীলৈ gaikeizoniloi		গাইবোৰলৈ gaibüroloi		গাইবিলাকলৈ gaibilakoloi
instrumental	গাইৰে gaire		গাইজনীৰে gaizonire		গাইকেইজনীৰে gaikeizonire		গাইবোৰেৰে gaibürere		গাইবিলাকেৰে gaibilakere
locative	গাইত gait		গাইজনীত gaizonit		গাইকেইজনীত gaikeizonit		গাইবোৰত gaibürot		গাইবিলাকত gaibilakot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Derived terms

• গাইগৰু (gaigoru)
• গাইৰা (gaira)
• গাখীৰ (gakhir)

 

Bengali

Etymology 1

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀈 (gāī), 𑀕𑀸𑀯𑀻 (gāvī), from Sanskrit गावी (gāvī), from Sanskrit गो (go). Compare Assamese গাই (gai), Odia ଗାଈ (gāi), as well as Nepali गाई (gāī), Hindustani گائے / गाय (gāy), Punjabi ਗਊ (gaū), Gujarati ગાય (gāya), Marathi गाय (gāy).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡai̯/, [ɡai̯]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡai̯/, [ɡai̯]

Noun

গাই • (gai)

1. cow

Declension

Inflection of গাই
nominative	গাই gai
objective	গাইকে gaike
genitive	গাইর gair
	Indefinite forms
nominative	গাই gai
objective	গাইকে gaike
genitive	গাইর gair
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	গাইটা, গাইটি gaiṭa (colloquial), gaiṭi (formal)		গাইরা gaira
objective	গাইটাকে, গাইটিকে gaiṭake (colloquial), gaiṭike (formal)		গাইদের(কে) gaider(ke)
genitive	গাইটার, গাইটির gaiṭar (colloquial), gaiṭir (formal)		গাইদের gaider
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• গাইগোরু (gaigōru)
• গাইবান্ধা (gaibandha)

 

Etymology 2

Verb

গাই • (gai)

1. first person simple present of গাওয়া (gaōẇa)

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “গাই”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]