गोधा
Pali
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension table of "गोधा" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | गोधा (godhā) | गोधायो (godhāyo) or गोधा (godhā) |
| Accusative (second) | गोधं (godhaṃ) | गोधायो (godhāyo) or गोधा (godhā) |
| Instrumental (third) | गोधाय (godhāya) | गोधाहि (godhāhi) or गोधाभि (godhābhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | गोधाय (godhāya) | गोधानं (godhānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | गोधाय (godhāya) | गोधाहि (godhāhi) or गोधाभि (godhābhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | गोधाय (godhāya) | गोधानं (godhānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | गोधाय (godhāya) or गोधायं (godhāyaṃ) | गोधासु (godhāsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | गोधे (godhe) | गोधायो (godhāyo) or गोधा (godhā) |
Prakrit
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- গোধা (Assamese script)
- ᬕᭀᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
- গোধা (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰺𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁄𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဂေါဓာ (Burmese script)
- ગોધા (Gujarati script)
- ਗੋਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍋𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦺꦴꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂷𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೋಧಾ (Kannada script)
- គោធា (Khmer script)
- ໂຄຘາ (Lao script)
- ഗോധാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠣᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘻𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧜𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑀𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଗୋଧା (Odia script)
- ꢔꣂꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆾𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖺𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ගොධා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩕𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚴𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
- கே³ாத⁴ா (Tamil script)
- గోధా (Telugu script)
- โคธา (Thai script)
- གོ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒼𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨆𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Traditionally explained as गो (go, “ox; cattle”) + धा (dhā), from धयति (dhayati, “to suck”), literally "cow-sucker", which is likely based on either folk etymology[1] or folk belief about milk-sucking reptile or amphibian common to some Indo-European cultures.[2] Possibly comparable with Old Armenian կովադիաց (kovadiacʻ, “lizard”), Northern Kurdish bizinmij (“monitor lizard”, literally “goat sucker”), and even Latin būfō (“toad”).
Noun
गोधा • (godhā́) stem, f
- a kind of monitor lizard or other big lizard
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 4.3.6:
- मूर्णा॒ मृग॒स्य द॒न्ता अ॒पिशीर्णा उ पृष्ट॒यः ।
निम्रु॒क् ते गोधा॒ भवतु नीचा॒यच् छशयु॒र् मृगः॒ ॥- mū́rṇā mṛ́gasyá dantā́ apíśī́rṇā́ ú pṛṣṭayáḥ.
nímruk té gódhā bhávátú nī́cāyác cháśáyur mṛ́gaḥ. - Ruined (are) the teeth of the beast; crushed in also (its) ribs;
Disappearing be for thee the godhā́ (monitor lizard); downward go the lurking(?) beast.
- mū́rṇā mṛ́gasyá dantā́ apíśī́rṇā́ ú pṛṣṭayáḥ.
- मूर्णा॒ मृग॒स्य द॒न्ता अ॒पिशीर्णा उ पृष्ट॒यः ।
- sinew, chord
- a leather strap worn around the left arm to prevent injury from a bowstring
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of गोधा (godhā́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | गोधा godhā́ |
गोधे godhé |
गोधाः godhā́ḥ |
| Vocative | गोधे gódhe |
गोधे gódhe |
गोधाः gódhāḥ |
| Accusative | गोधाम् godhā́m |
गोधे godhé |
गोधाः godhā́ḥ |
| Instrumental | गोधया / गोधा¹ godháyā / godhā́¹ |
गोधाभ्याम् godhā́bhyām |
गोधाभिः godhā́bhiḥ |
| Dative | गोधायै godhā́yai |
गोधाभ्याम् godhā́bhyām |
गोधाभ्यः godhā́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | गोधायाः / गोधायै² godhā́yāḥ / godhā́yai² |
गोधाभ्याम् godhā́bhyām |
गोधाभ्यः godhā́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | गोधायाः / गोधायै² godhā́yāḥ / godhā́yai² |
गोधयोः godháyoḥ |
गोधानाम् godhā́nām |
| Locative | गोधायाम् godhā́yām |
गोधयोः godháyoḥ |
गोधासु godhā́su |
| Notes |
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References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “godhā́-¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 498
- Ermacora, Davide (2017) “The comparative milk-suckling reptile”, in Anthropozoologica, volume 52, number 1, , pages 59–81
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