गुफा

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See also: गुफ़ा

Hindi

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Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀸 (*gupphā). Related to Sanskrit गुहा (gúhā, cave).

Pronunciation

Noun

गुफा (guphāf (Urdu spelling گُپَھا)

  1. cave, cavern
    Synonyms: गुहा (guhā), खोह (khoh), कंदरा (kandarā)
    भालू दौड़ता गुफा में पहुँचाbhālū dauṛtā guphā mẽ pahũcāThe bear ran into the cave.

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Further reading

Nepali

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Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀸 (*gupphā). Related to Sanskrit गुहा (gúhā, cave).

Pronunciation

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  • Phonetic Devanagari: गुफा

Noun

गुफा (guphā)

  1. cave
    ऋषिहरू गुफामा बस्थे।
    r̥ṣiharū guphāmā basthe.
    The sages used to live in caves.
  2. den, lair

References

  • गुफा”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “गुफा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Old Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀸 (*gupphā). Compare Old Punjabi ਗੁਫਾ (guphā), Old Gujarati गफा (gaphā), गुफ (gupha), Old Marathi 𑘐𑘳𑘽𑘣𑘰 (guṃphā), Middle Bengali গোফা (gōpha).

Noun

गुफा (guphā)

  1. cave
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 372.2:
      का जाटा भसम लेपंन कीयें
      कहा गुफा मै बासा
      kā jaṭā bhasama lepãna kīyẽ,
      kahā guphā mai bāsa
      What by matted hair, by smearing one’s body with ashes?
      What by living in a cave?

Descendants

  • Hindustani: guphā
    Hindi: गुफा
    Urdu: گُپَھا (guphā)

Further reading

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 530
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gupphā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 225