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Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali গহির (gohir), from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀭 (gahīra), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīra). Doublet of গভীর (gobhir) and গম্ভীর (gombhir). Cognate with Odia ଗହିର (gahira).
Pronunciation
Adjective
গহির • (gohir) (comparative আরও গহির, superlative সবচেয়ে গহির)
- (now dialectal) deep
- গহির নদ ― gohir nod ― deep river
Middle Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀭 (gahīra), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīra).
Pronunciation
Adjective
গহির (gahira)
- deep
- Synonym: গহীন (gohin)
Descendants
Further reading
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 540