गो
See also: गों
Hindi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गो (gó). Doublet of गाय (gāy).
Noun edit
गो • (go) m
Declension edit
Declension of गो (masc o-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | गो go |
गो go |
oblique | गो go |
गों gõ |
vocative | गो go |
गो go |
Synonyms edit
- गाय (gāy)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English go, from the Japanese character 碁 (go), shorthand for Japanese 囲碁 (igo), adopted from the Chinese character 圍棋/围棋 (wéiqí).
Proper noun edit
गो • (go) m
Declension edit
Declension of गो (sg-only masc o-stem)
singular | |
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direct | गो go |
oblique | गो go |
vocative | गो go |
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative forms
Noun edit
गो m or f
- Devanagari script form of go (“cow, ox, bull”)
Declension edit
Declension table of "गो" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | गो (go) | गवो (gavo) or गावो (gāvo) |
Accusative (second) | गवं (gavaṃ) or गावुं (gāvuṃ) or गावं (gāvaṃ) | गवो (gavo) or गावो (gāvo) |
Instrumental (third) | गवेन (gavena) or गावेन (gāvena) | गोहि (gohi) or गोभि (gobhi) |
Dative (fourth) | गवस्स (gavassa) or गावस्स (gāvassa) | गुन्नं (gunnaṃ) or गवं (gavaṃ) or गोनं (gonaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | गवस्मा (gavasmā) or गवम्हा (gavamhā) or गवा (gavā) or गावा (gāvā) or गावस्मा (gāvasmā) or गावम्हा (gāvamhā) | गोहि (gohi) or गोभि (gobhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | गवस्स (gavassa) or गावस्स (gāvassa) | गुन्नं (gunnaṃ) or गवं (gavaṃ) or गोनं (gonaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | गवस्मिं (gavasmiṃ) or गवम्हि (gavamhi) or गवे (gave) or गावे (gāve) or गावस्मिं (gāvasmiṃ) or गावम्हि (gāvamhi) | गवेसु (gavesu) or गावेसु (gāvesu) or गोसु (gosu) |
Vocative (calling) | गो (go) | गवो (gavo) or गावो (gāvo) |
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
- गव् (gav)
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- গো (Assamese script)
- ᬕᭀ (Balinese script)
- গো (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰺 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁄 (Brahmi script)
- ဂေါ (Burmese script)
- ગો (Gujarati script)
- ਗੋ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍋 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦺꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂷 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೋ (Kannada script)
- គោ (Khmer script)
- ໂຄ (Lao script)
- ഗോ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠣ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘻 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠣᠸᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧜 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑀 (Newa script)
- ଗୋ (Odia script)
- ꢔꣂ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆾 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖺 (Siddham script)
- ගො (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩕 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚴 (Takri script)
- கே³ா (Tamil script)
- గో (Telugu script)
- โค (Thai script)
- གོ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒼 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨆 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš (“cattle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Latin bōs, Old English cū (whence English cow).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
गो • (gó) stem, f or m
- a cow
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.28.1:
- आ गावो॑ अग्मन्नु॒त भ॒द्रम॑क्र॒न्त्सीद॑न्तु गो॒ष्ठे र॒णय॑न्त्व॒स्मे।
प्र॒जाव॑तीः पुरु॒रूपा॑ इ॒ह स्यु॒रिन्द्रा॑य पू॒र्वीरु॒षसो॒ दुहा॑नाः॥- ā́ gā́vo agmannutá bhadrámakrantsī́dantu goṣṭhé raṇáyantvasmé.
prajā́vatīḥ pururū́pā ihá syuríndrāya pūrvī́ruṣáso dúhānāḥ. - May the cows come and bring good fortune; let them lie down in our stalls and be plural ased with us; may the many-coloured kine here be parboiled milk for Indra on many dawns.
- ā́ gā́vo agmannutá bhadrámakrantsī́dantu goṣṭhé raṇáyantvasmé.
- आ गावो॑ अग्मन्नु॒त भ॒द्रम॑क्र॒न्त्सीद॑न्तु गो॒ष्ठे र॒णय॑न्त्व॒स्मे।
- an ox
- (in the plural) cattle, kine, herd of cattle
- (usually in the plural) anything coming from or belonging to an ox or cow, milk, flesh, skin, hide, leather, strap of leather, bow-string, sinew
- (poetic, in the plural) "the herds of the sky", the stars
- the sign Taurus
Declension edit
Masculine o-stem declension of गो (gó) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | गौः gaúḥ |
गावौ / गावा¹ gā́vau / gā́vā¹ |
गावः gā́vaḥ |
Vocative | गौः gaúḥ |
गावौ / गावा¹ gā́vau / gā́vā¹ |
गावः gā́vaḥ |
Accusative | गाम् gā́m |
गावौ / गावा¹ gā́vau / gā́vā¹ |
गाः / गावः² gā́ḥ / gā́vaḥ² |
Instrumental | गवा gávā |
गोभ्याम् góbhyām |
गोभिः góbhiḥ |
Dative | गवे gáve |
गोभ्याम् góbhyām |
गोभ्यः góbhyaḥ |
Ablative | गोः góḥ |
गोभ्याम् góbhyām |
गोभ्यः góbhyaḥ |
Genitive | गोः góḥ |
गवोः gávoḥ |
गवाम् / गोनाम्¹ gávām / gónām¹ |
Locative | गवि gávi |
गवोः gávoḥ |
गोषु góṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms edit
- गोकुल (gokula)
- गोक्षीर (gokṣīra)
- गोचर (gocara)
- गोत्र (gotra)
- गोदान (godāna)
- गोदावरी (godāvarī)
- गोपाल (gopāla)
- गोलोक (goloka)
- गोविन्द (govinda)
- गोवर्धन (govardhana)
- गोस्वामिन् (gosvāmin)
- गोरूप (gorūpa)
Descendants edit
- Dardic:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: গাই (gai)
- Marathi: गाय (gāy)
- Nepali: गाई (gāī)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Pali: go, gāva
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀕𑀸𑀈 (gāī)
- Sinhalese: ගව (gawa)
- → Hindi: गौ (gau)
- → Telugu: గోవు (gōvu)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899), “गो”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 363, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 478-80; 496