गूथ

गूथ

See also: गाथ and गाथा

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• gūtha (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀽𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• গূথ (Bengali script)
• ගූථ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂူထ or ၷူထ (Burmese script)
• คูถ or คูถะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩪᨳ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄູຖ or ຄູຖະ (Lao script)
• គូថ (Khmer script)

Noun

गूथ n or m

1. Devanagari script form of gūtha (“faeces”)

Declension

Declension table of "गूथ" (neuter)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	गूथं (gūthaṃ)	गूथानि (gūthāni)
Accusative (second)	गूथं (gūthaṃ)	गूथानि (gūthāni)
Instrumental (third)	गूथेन (gūthena)	गूथेहि (gūthehi) or गूथेभि (gūthebhi)
Dative (fourth)	गूथस्स (gūthassa) or गूथाय (gūthāya) or गूथत्थं (gūthatthaṃ)	गूथानं (gūthānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	गूथस्मा (gūthasmā) or गूथम्हा (gūthamhā) or गूथा (gūthā)	गूथेहि (gūthehi) or गूथेभि (gūthebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	गूथस्स (gūthassa)	गूथानं (gūthānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	गूथस्मिं (gūthasmiṃ) or गूथम्हि (gūthamhi) or गूथे (gūthe)	गूथेसु (gūthesu)
Vocative (calling)	गूथ (gūtha)	गूथानि (gūthāni)

When masculine, the following three cases have some differences:

Declension table of "गूथ" (masculine)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	गूथो (gūtho)	गूथा (gūthā)
Accusative (second)	गूथं (gūthaṃ)	गूथे (gūthe)
Vocative (calling)	गूथ (gūtha)	गूथा (gūthā)

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬹᬣ (Balinese script)
• গূথ (Assamese script)
• গূথ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰳𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀽𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑍂𑌥 (Grantha script)
• ગૂથ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੂਥ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦒꦹꦡ (Javanese script)
• គូថ (Khmer script)
• ಗೂಥ (Kannada script)
• ຄູຖ (Lao script)
• ഗൂഥ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘐𑘴𑘞 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤᠤᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡤᡠᡠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဂူထ (Burmese script)
• 𑦰𑧕𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐹𑐠 (Newa script)
• ଗୂଥ (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢹꢢ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆷𑆡 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖳𑖞 (Siddham script)
• ගූථ (Sinhalese script)
• గూథ (Telugu script)
• คูถ (Thai script)
• གཱུ་ཐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒴𑒟 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *guHtʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷuh₁-tHó-s.

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *govьno, Proto-Iranian *guHθáh (whence Avestan 𐬔𐬏𐬚𐬀‎ (gūθa), Persian گوه‎ (guh)). The Sanskrit root is गू (gū) .

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuː.t̪ʰɐ/

Noun

गूथ • (gūtha) m or n (Classical Sanskrit)

1. feces, excrement, ordure

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गूथ (gūtha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गूथः gūthaḥ	गूथौ gūthau	गूथाः / गूथासः¹ gūthāḥ / gūthāsaḥ¹
Vocative	गूथ gūtha	गूथौ gūthau	गूथाः / गूथासः¹ gūthāḥ / gūthāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गूथम् gūtham	गूथौ gūthau	गूथान् gūthān
Instrumental	गूथेन gūthena	गूथाभ्याम् gūthābhyām	गूथैः / गूथेभिः¹ gūthaiḥ / gūthebhiḥ¹
Dative	गूथाय gūthāya	गूथाभ्याम् gūthābhyām	गूथेभ्यः gūthebhyaḥ
Ablative	गूथात् gūthāt	गूथाभ्याम् gūthābhyām	गूथेभ्यः gūthebhyaḥ
Genitive	गूथस्य gūthasya	गूथयोः gūthayoḥ	गूथानाम् gūthānām
Locative	गूथे gūthe	गूथयोः gūthayoḥ	गूथेषु gūtheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of गूथ (gūtha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गूथम् gūtham	गूथे gūthe	गूथानि / गूथा¹ gūthāni / gūthā¹
Vocative	गूथ gūtha	गूथे gūthe	गूथानि / गूथा¹ gūthāni / gūthā¹
Accusative	गूथम् gūtham	गूथे gūthe	गूथानि / गूथा¹ gūthāni / gūthā¹
Instrumental	गूथेन gūthena	गूथाभ्याम् gūthābhyām	गूथैः / गूथेभिः¹ gūthaiḥ / gūthebhiḥ¹
Dative	गूथाय gūthāya	गूथाभ्याम् gūthābhyām	गूथेभ्यः gūthebhyaḥ
Ablative	गूथात् gūthāt	गूथाभ्याम् gūthābhyām	गूथेभ्यः gūthebhyaḥ
Genitive	गूथस्य gūthasya	गूथयोः gūthayoḥ	गूथानाम् gūthānām
Locative	गूथे gūthe	गूथयोः gūthayoḥ	गूथेषु gūtheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri:

    Arabic: گٕس‎ (gụs)

    Devanagari: गॖस (gụs)

• Pali: gūtha
  • → Khmer: គូថ (kuut) (learned)
  • → Thai: คูถ (kûut) (learned)
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀽𑀳 (gūha)
  • Assamese: গু (gu)
  • Bengali: গু (gu)
  • Dhivehi: ގުއި‎ (gui), ގޫ‎ (gū)
  • Gujarati: ગૂ (gū)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: गुह (guh), गू (gū), गूह (gūh)

    Urdu: گوہ‎ (gūh), گو‎ (gū)

  • Konkani: गू (gū)
  • Marathi: गू (gū)
  • Nepali: गू (gū), गुह् (guh), गुहु (guhu), गु (gu)
  • Oriya: ଗୁହ (guhô), ଘୁଅ (ghuô), ଗୁ (gu), ଗଅ (gôô), ଗଇ (gôi)
  • Punjabi: ਗੂੰਹ (gū̃h)
  • Sindhi: [script needed] (gū̃hu)
  • Sinhalese: ගූ (gū)
  • Sylheti: ꠉꠥ (gu)
• → Oriya: ଗୁଥ (guthô) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: ගූථ (gūtha) (learned)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gūtha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 226
• Monier Williams (1899), “गूथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0361.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “गूथ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 667
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “gūtha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.