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Hindi
Etymology
From Sanskrit गोपाल (gopāla). Doublet of ग्वाला (gvālā).
Pronunciation
Noun
गोपाल • (gopāl) m
- a cowherd
- protector of the earth: a king
- a title of Krishna
Proper noun
गोपाल • (gopāl) m
- a male given name, Gopal, from Sanskrit
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Etymology
गो (gó, “cow, cattle, kine”) + पाल (pāla, “protector, guard”).
Pronunciation
Noun
गोपाल • (gopālá) stem, m
- a cowherd
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.
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