गोपाल

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit गोपाल (gopāla). Doublet of ग्वाला (gvālā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡoː.pɑːl/, [ɡoː.päːl]

Noun

गोपाल • (gopāl) m

  1. a cowherd
  2. protector of the earth: a king
  3. a title of Krishna

Proper noun

गोपाल • (gopāl) m

  1. a male given name, Gopal, from Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • গোপাল (Assamese script)
  • ᬕᭀᬧᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
  • গোপাল (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰺𑰢𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑁄𑀧𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • ဂေါပါလ (Burmese script)
  • ગોપાલ (Gujarati script)
  • ਗੋਪਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
  • ꦒꦺꦴꦥꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂏𑂷𑂣𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
  • ಗೋಪಾಲ (Kannada script)
  • គោបាល (Khmer script)
  • ໂຄປາລ (Lao script)
  • ഗോപാല (Malayalam script)
  • ᡤᠣᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘐𑘻𑘢𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢒᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦰𑧜𑧂𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑑀𑐥𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
  • ଗୋପାଲ (Odia script)
  • ꢔꣂꢦꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆾𑆥𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖺𑖢𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
  • ගොපාල (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩞𑩕𑩰𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚌𑚴𑚞𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
  • கே³ாபால (Tamil script)
  • గోపాల (Telugu script)
  • โคปาล (Thai script)
  • གོ་པཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒼𑒣𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨍𑨆𑨞𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

गो (gó, “cow, cattle, kine”) +‎ पाल (pāla, “protector, guard”).

Pronunciation

Noun

गोपाल • (gopālá) stem, m

  1. a cowherd
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā)
    • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 4.1.5:
      शर्यातो ह वा ईक्षां चक्रे । यत्किमकरं तस्मादिदमापदीति स गोपालांश्चाविपालांश्च संह्वयितवा उवाच । स होवाच । को वोऽद्येह किंचिदद्राक्षीदिति ते होचुः पुरुष एवायं जीर्णिः कृत्यारूपः शेते तमनर्थ्यं मन्यमानाः कुमारा लोष्टैर्व्यपिक्षन्निति स विदांचकार स वै च्यवन इति ।
      śaryāto ha vā īkṣāṃ cakre. yatkimakaraṃ tasmādidamāpadīti sa gopālāṃścāvipālāṃśca saṃhvayitavā uvāca. sa hovāca. ko voʼdyeha kiṃcidadrākṣīditi te hocuḥ puruṣa evāyaṃ jīrṇiḥ kṛtyārūpaḥ śete tamanarthyaṃ manyamānāḥ kumārā loṣṭairvyapikṣanniti sa vidāṃcakāra sa vai cyavana iti.
      Śaryāta then bethought him, "This has come to pass for something or other I have done!" He called the cowherds and shepherds together, and said: "Which of you has seen anything here to-day?" They said, "Yonder lies a man, decrepit and ghostlike: him the boys have pelted with clods, setting him at nought." Then Śaryāta knew that this was Cyavana.

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of गोपाल (gopālá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गोपालः
gopāláḥ		 गोपालौ / गोपाला¹
gopālaú / gopālā́¹		 गोपालाः / गोपालासः¹
gopālā́ḥ / gopālā́saḥ¹
Vocative गोपाल
gópāla		 गोपालौ / गोपाला¹
gópālau / gópālā¹		 गोपालाः / गोपालासः¹
gópālāḥ / gópālāsaḥ¹
Accusative गोपालम्
gopālám		 गोपालौ / गोपाला¹
gopālaú / gopālā́¹		 गोपालान्
gopālā́n
Instrumental गोपालेन
gopāléna		 गोपालाभ्याम्
gopālā́bhyām		 गोपालैः / गोपालेभिः¹
gopālaíḥ / gopālébhiḥ¹
Dative गोपालाय
gopālā́ya		 गोपालाभ्याम्
gopālā́bhyām		 गोपालेभ्यः
gopālébhyaḥ
Ablative गोपालात्
gopālā́t		 गोपालाभ्याम्
gopālā́bhyām		 गोपालेभ्यः
gopālébhyaḥ
Genitive गोपालस्य
gopālásya		 गोपालयोः
gopāláyoḥ		 गोपालानाम्
gopālā́nām
Locative गोपाले
gopālé		 गोपालयोः
gopāláyoḥ		 गोपालेषु
gopāléṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Pali: gopāla
  • Niya Prakrit: 𐨒𐨆𐨬𐨫 (govala)
  • Prakrit: 𑀕𑁄𑀯𑀸𑀮 (govāla), 𑀕𑁄𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀅 (govālaa)
    • Assamese: গোৱাল (güal), গুৱাল (gual)
    • Bengali: গোয়ালা (gōẇala)
    • Gujarati: ગોવાળ (govāḷ)
    • Hindi: ग्वाला (gvālā)
    • Maithili: गोआर (gōār)
    • Marathi: गोवळा (govḷā)
    • → Kannada: ಗೊಲ್ಲ (golla)
  • → Kannada: ಗೋಪಾಲ (gōpāla)
  • → Tamil: கோபாலன் (kōpālaṉ)
  • → Telugu: గోపాలుడు (gōpāluḍu)
  • → Thai: โคบาล

References
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