गाव

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

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːʋ/, [ɡäːʋ]

गाव • (gāv) m (Urdu spelling گاو)

1. an ox

   Synonym: बैल (bail)

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

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).

गाव • (gāv) n

1. village

   Synonym: खेडे (kheḍe)

2. (more generally) town or city

   Synonyms: नगर (nagar), शहर (śahar)

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

• 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