હોવું

હોવું

Gujarati

Etymology

From Old Gujarati [Term?], from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀤𑀺 (hodi), 𑀪𑁄𑀤𑀺 (bhodi), from Sanskrit भवति (bhavati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰawHati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewHeti. Compare Hindi होना (honā), Nepali हुनु (hunu), Punjabi ਹੋਣਾ (hoṇā), Marathi होणे (hoṇe).

Verb

હોવું • (hovũ)

1. to be
   • તે છોકરો સારો છે

     te chokro sāro che

     that boy is good

2. to exist
   • ત્યાંં એક હરણ હતું

     tyā̃ṃ eka haraṇ hatũ

     a deer was there

3. an auxiliary verb
   • તે જમ્યો હતો

     te jamyo hato

     he has eaten

   • તું કામ કરતી હતી

     tũ kām kartī hatī

     you were working

   • પેલો સૂતો જ હશે

     pelo sūto ja haśe

     that guy must be sleeping (the speaker expects the subject to be sleeping)