गोपा

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

গোপা (Assamese script)
ᬕᭀᬧᬵ (Balinese script)
গোপা (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰺𑰢𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑁄𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဂေါပါ (Burmese script)
ગોપા (Gujarati script)
ਗੋਪਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦺꦴꦥꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂷𑂣𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಗೋಪಾ (Kannada script)
គោបា (Khmer script)
ໂຄປາ (Lao script)
ഗോപാ (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠣᢒᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘻𑘢𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢒᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧜𑧂𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑑀𑐥𑐵 (Newa script)
ଗୋପା (Odia script)
ꢔꣂꢦꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆾𑆥𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖺𑖢𑖯 (Siddham script)
ගොපා (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩕𑩰𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚴𑚞𑚭 (Takri script)
கே³ாபா (Tamil script)
గోపా (Telugu script)
โคปา (Thai script)
གོ་པཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒼𑒣𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨆𑨞𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From गो (go, “cow”) +‎ पा (pā, “protecting, guarding”), the latter component from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂-s, from the root *peh₂- (“to guard”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐw.pɑ́ː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoː.pɑː/

Noun

गोपा • (gopā́) stem, m

a cowherd
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.13.3:
  जातो यदग्ने भुवना व्यख्यः पशून्न गोपा इर्यः परिज्मा ।
  jāto yadagne bhuvanā vyakhyaḥ paśūnna gopā iryaḥ parijmā.
  Agni, when, born thou lookedst on all creatures, like a brisk herdsman moving round his cattle.
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.1.10.2:
  उतैनं गोपा अदृशन्नदृशन्नुदहार्यः
  utainaṃ gopā adṛśannadṛśannudahāryaḥ
  The cowherds have seen Him (Rudra), as have the maidens who fetch water.

Declension

Masculine ā-stem declension of गोपा (gopā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गोपाः gopā́ḥ	गोपा / गोपौ gopā́ / gopaú	गोपाः gopā́ḥ
Vocative	गोपे gópe	गोपे gópe	गोपाः gópāḥ
Accusative	गोपाम् gopā́m	गोपे gopé	गोपाः gopā́ḥ
Instrumental	गोपया / गोपा¹ gopáyā / gopā́¹	गोपाभ्याम् gopā́bhyām	गोपाभिः gopā́bhiḥ
Dative	गोपायै gopā́yai	गोपाभ्याम् gopā́bhyām	गोपाभ्यः gopā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	गोपायाः / गोपायै² gopā́yāḥ / gopā́yai²	गोपाभ्याम् gopā́bhyām	गोपाभ्यः gopā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	गोपायाः / गोपायै² gopā́yāḥ / gopā́yai²	गोपयोः gopáyoḥ	गोपानाम् gopā́nām
Locative	गोपायाम् gopā́yām	गोपयोः gopáyoḥ	गोपासु gopā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Related terms

गोपाल (gopāla)
गोपी (gopī)

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