गो

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See also: गों

Hindi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गो (gó). Doublet of गाय (gāy).

Noun

गो • (go) m

  1. cow; ox
Declension
Declension of गो (masc o-stem)
singular plural
direct गो
go 		गो
go
oblique गो
go 		गों
gõ
vocative गो
go 		गो
go
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English go, from the Japanese character 碁 (go), shorthand for Japanese 囲碁 (igo), adopted from the Chinese character 圍棋 / 围棋 (wéiqí).

Proper noun

गो • (go) m

  1. (board games) Go
Declension
Declension of गो (sg-only masc o-stem)
singular
direct गो
go
oblique गो
go
vocative गो
go

Pali

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Noun

गो m or f

  1. Devanagari script form of go (“cow, ox, bull”)

Declension

Declension table of "गो" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)गो (go)गवो (gavo) or गावो (gāvo)
Accusative (second)गवं (gavaṃ) or गावुं (gāvuṃ) or गावं (gāvaṃ)गवो (gavo) or गावो (gāvo)
Instrumental (third)गवेन (gavena) or गावेन (gāvena)गोहि (gohi) or गोभि (gobhi)
Dative (fourth)गवस्स (gavassa) or गावस्स (gāvassa)गुन्नं (gunnaṃ) or गवं (gavaṃ) or गोनं (gonaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)गवस्मा (gavasmā) or गवम्हा (gavamhā) or गवा (gavā) or गावा (gāvā) or गावस्मा (gāvasmā) or गावम्हा (gāvamhā)गोहि (gohi) or गोभि (gobhi)
Genitive (sixth)गवस्स (gavassa) or गावस्स (gāvassa)गुन्नं (gunnaṃ) or गवं (gavaṃ) or गोनं (gonaṃ)
Locative (seventh)गवस्मिं (gavasmiṃ) or गवम्हि (gavamhi) or गवे (gave) or गावे (gāve) or गावस्मिं (gāvasmiṃ) or गावम्हि (gāvamhi)गवेसु (gavesu) or गावेसु (gāvesu) or गोसु (gosu)
Vocative (calling)गो (go)गवो (gavo) or गावो (gāvo)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš
    Sanskrit गो (go)

    From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Latin bōs, Old English cū (whence English cow).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    गो • (gó) stem, f or m

    1. a cow
      • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.28.1:
        आ गावो॑ अग्मन्नु॒त भ॒द्रम॑क्र॒न्त्सीद॑न्तु गो॒ष्ठे र॒णय॑न्त्व॒स्मे।
        प्र॒जाव॑तीः पुरु॒रूपा॑ इ॒ह स्यु॒रिन्द्रा॑य पू॒र्वीरु॒षसो॒ दुहा॑नाः॥
        ā́ gā́vo agmannutá bhadrámakrantsī́dantu goṣṭhé raṇáyantvasmé.
        prajā́vatīḥ pururū́pā ihá syuríndrāya pūrvī́ruṣáso dúhānāḥ.
        The cows have come and brought good fortune: let them rest in the cow-pen and be happy near us.
        Here let them stay prolific, many-coloured, and yield their milk for Indra through many mornings.
    2. an ox
    3. (in the plural) cattle, kine, herd of cattle
    4. (usually in the plural) anything coming from or belonging to an ox or cow, milk, flesh, skin, hide, leather, strap of leather, bow-string, sinew
    5. (poetic, in the plural) "the herds of the sky", the stars
    6. the sign Taurus

    Declension

    Masculine o-stem declension of गो (gó)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative गौः
    gaúḥ     		गावौ / गावा¹
    gā́vau / gā́vā¹     		गावः
    gā́vaḥ
    Vocative गौः
    gaúḥ     		गावौ / गावा¹
    gā́vau / gā́vā¹     		गावः
    gā́vaḥ
    Accusative गाम्
    gā́m     		गावौ / गावा¹
    gā́vau / gā́vā¹     		गाः / गावः²
    gā́ḥ / gā́vaḥ²
    Instrumental गवा
    gávā     		गोभ्याम्
    góbhyām     		गोभिः
    góbhiḥ
    Dative गवे
    gáve     		गोभ्याम्
    góbhyām     		गोभ्यः
    góbhyaḥ
    Ablative गोः
    góḥ     		गोभ्याम्
    góbhyām     		गोभ्यः
    góbhyaḥ
    Genitive गोः
    góḥ     		गवोः
    gávoḥ     		गवाम् / गोनाम्¹
    gávām / gónām¹
    Locative गवि
    gávi     		गवोः
    gávoḥ     		गोषु
    góṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic
    • ²rare

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    Descendants

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “गो”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 363, column 3.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 478-80; 496
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