गुह्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬕᬸᬳ᭄ (Balinese script)
- গুহ্ (Assamese script)
- গুহ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰲𑰮𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀼𑀳𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌗𑍁𑌹𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ગુહ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੁਹੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦒꦸꦲ꧀ (Javanese script)
- គុហ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಗುಹ್ (Kannada script)
- ຄຸຫ຺ (Lao script)
- ഗുഹ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘐𑘳𑘮𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠤᠾ (Mongolian script)
- ᡤᡠᡥ (Manchu script)
- ဂုဟ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦰𑧔𑧎𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐸𑐴𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଗୁହ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢔꢸꢲ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆶𑆲𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖲𑖮𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ගුහ් (Sinhalese script)
- గుహ్ (Telugu script)
- คุหฺ (Thai script)
- གུ་ཧ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒳𑒯𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰúṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰúćš, from *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (“to hide, conceal”). See गूहति (gūhati) for cognates.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡúɦ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡuɦ/
Root
गुह् • (guh)
- to cover, conceal, hide
- to keep secret
Noun
गुह् • (gúh) f
- a hiding place, cave, den, lair
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.67.6:
- प्रिया पदानि पश्वो नि पाहि विश्वायुरग्ने गुहा गुहं गाः ॥
- priyā padāni paśvo ni pāhi viśvāyuragne guhā guhaṃ gāḥ .
- O Agni, guard the spots which cattle love: thou, life of all, hast gone from lair to lair.
- प्रिया पदानि पश्वो नि पाहि विश्वायुरग्ने गुहा गुहं गाः ॥
Declension
Declension of गुह्
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | - | - | - |
| Vocative | - | - | - |
| Accusative | गुहम् (gúham) | - | - |
| Instrumental | गुहा (guhā́) | - | - |
| Dative | - | - | - |
| Ablative | - | - | - |
| Genitive | - | - | - |
| Locative | - | - | - |
Related terms
- गुहा (guhā)
- गूढ (gūḍha)
- गूहति (gūhati)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “गुह्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0360.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “गुह्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 038
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “गुह्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016