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Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Bengali গহীন (gohin).
Adjective
গহীন • (gohin) (comparative আরও গহীন, superlative সবচেয়ে গহীন)
- deep
- profound; unfathomable
- far advanced (of an environment or natural condition)
Middle Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀮 ~ 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀭 (gahīla ~ gahīra), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīra), with r ~ l and l ~ n alternation.
Adjective
গহীন (gohin)
- deep
- profound, unfathomable
c. 17th c., Dvija Kanai, Mahua:তুমি হও গহীন গাঙ্গ আমি ডুব্যা মরি।- tumi hō gohin gaṅgo ami ḍubba mori.
- Do you be the unfathomable stream and I will drown myself therein.
Descendants
Further reading
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 216.