गाय

• गाइ (gāi)

From Sanskrit गो (go), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

गाय (gāy) f (Kaithi 𑂏𑂰𑂨)

1. cow

• गाई (gāī), गाए (gāe)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀈 (gāī), 𑀕𑀸𑀯𑀻 (gāvī), from Sanskrit गावी (gāvī), from गो (go, “cow”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Doublet of गो (go).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːj/, [ɡäːj]

गाय • (gāy) f (Urdu spelling گائے)

1. cow
2. (figuratively) a naive person; innocent ,docile or gentle person

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गाय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gāva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Inherited from Sanskrit गो (go).

• IPA^(key): [ɡɑːj]

गाय • (gāy) f (Latin script gai, Kannada script ಗಾಯ್)

1. cow

From Sanskrit गो (go), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

• IPA^(key): [ɡaːĕ], [ɡæ]

गाय • (gāy) (Tirhuta 𑒑𑒰𑒨)

1. cow

Inherited from Old Marathi गाए (gāe), गाय (gāya), गौ (gau), from Sanskrit गो (go, “cow”). Cognate with Gujarati ગાય (gāya), Hindi गाय (gāy).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaj/

गाय • (gāy) f

1. cow

• गायरान (gāyrān)

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गाय”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गाय”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press