গহির

গহির

Bengali

Alternative forms

• গহীর (gôhīr) – obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali গহির (gahira), from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀭 (gahīra), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīrá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gabʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷabʰrós. Doublet of গভীর (gôbhīr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ.ɦiɾ/
  • (East Rāṛha) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔ̝̜ɦiˑɾ], [ˈɡoɦiˑɾ]

Adjective

গহির • (gôhir)

1. (now dialectal) deep

   গহির জল ― gôhir jôl ― deep waters

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Middle Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀭 (gahīra), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīrá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gabʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷabʰrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɒ(ɦ)iɾ(ɒ)/

Adjective

গহির (gahira)

1. deep

   Synonym: গহিরা (gahirā)

Related terms

• গহিরা (gahirā)

Descendants

• Bengali: গহির (gôhir)

Further reading

• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 540