গহীন

গহীন

Bengali

Alternative forms

• গহিন (gôhin)
• গইন (gôin), গঈন (gôīn) – Vaṅga

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali গহীন (gahīna), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīrá) and गहन (gahana).

Adjective

গহীন • (gôhīn)

1. deep, unfathomable

   গহীন গাঙের নাইয়া ― gôhin gaṅer naiẏa ― A boatman of a deep river

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Middle Bengali

Alternative forms

• গহিন (gahina)

Etymology

From Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīrá) and गहन (gahana).

Adjective

গহীন (gahīna)

1. deep, unfathomable
   • c. 17th c., Dvija Kanai, Mahua:

     তুমি হও গহীন গাঙ্গ আমি ডুব্যা মরি।

     tumi hao gahina gāṅga āmi ḍubyā mari.

     Do you be the unfathomable stream and I will drown myself therein.

   Synonym: গহির (gahir)

2. impenetrable

Descendants

• Bengali: গহীন (gôhīn)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 216.