गूढ

See also: गढ़, गढ़ा, गढी, गढ़ी, गाढ, गाढा, गाढ़ा, गुढें, and गूढ़ा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• गूळ्ह (gūḷhá) — Rigvedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গূঢ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬹᬠ (Balinese script)
• গূঢ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰳𑰛 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀽𑀠 (Brahmi script)
• ဂူဎ (Burmese script)
• ગૂઢ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੂਢ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍂𑌢 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦹꦞ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂴𑂛 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೂಢ (Kannada script)
• គូឍ (Khmer script)
• ຄູຒ (Lao script)
• ഗൂഢ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡠᡠᢟᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘴𑘛 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤᠤᢎᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧕𑦻 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐹𑐝 (Newa script)
• ଗୂଢ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢹꢟ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆷𑆞 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖳𑖛 (Siddham script)
• ගූඪ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩒𑩛𑩩 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚱𑚗 (Takri script)
• கூ³ட⁴ (Tamil script)
• గూఢ (Telugu script)
• คูฒ (Thai script)
• གཱུ་ཌྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒴𑒜 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃𑨊𑨗 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰuẓḍʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰuždʰás, from *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (“to hide, conceal”). See गूहति (gū́hati) for cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡuː.ɖʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡuː.ɖʱɐ/

Adjective

गूढ • (gūḍhá) stem (root गुह्)

1. covered, hidden, concealed
2. secret, private
3. disguised

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गूढ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गूढः (gūḍháḥ)	गूढौ (gūḍhaú) गूढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)	गूढाः (gūḍhā́ḥ) गूढासः¹ (gūḍhā́saḥ¹)
vocative	गूढ (gū́ḍha)	गूढौ (gū́ḍhau) गूढा¹ (gū́ḍhā¹)	गूढाः (gū́ḍhāḥ) गूढासः¹ (gū́ḍhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	गूढम् (gūḍhám)	गूढौ (gūḍhaú) गूढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)	गूढान् (gūḍhā́n)
instrumental	गूढेन (gūḍhéna)	गूढाभ्याम् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गूढैः (gūḍhaíḥ) गूढेभिः¹ (gūḍhébhiḥ¹)
dative	गूढाय (gūḍhā́ya)	गूढाभ्याम् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गूढेभ्यः (gūḍhébhyaḥ)
ablative	गूढात् (gūḍhā́t)	गूढाभ्याम् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गूढेभ्यः (gūḍhébhyaḥ)
genitive	गूढस्य (gūḍhásya)	गूढयोः (gūḍháyoḥ)	गूढानाम् (gūḍhā́nām)
locative	गूढे (gūḍhé)	गूढयोः (gūḍháyoḥ)	गूढेषु (gūḍhéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of गूढा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गूढा (gūḍhā́)	गूढे (gūḍhé)	गूढाः (gūḍhā́ḥ)
vocative	गूढे (gū́ḍhe)	गूढे (gū́ḍhe)	गूढाः (gū́ḍhāḥ)
accusative	गूढाम् (gūḍhā́m)	गूढे (gūḍhé)	गूढाः (gūḍhā́ḥ)
instrumental	गूढया (gūḍháyā) गूढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)	गूढाभ्याम् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गूढाभिः (gūḍhā́bhiḥ)
dative	गूढायै (gūḍhā́yai)	गूढाभ्याम् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गूढाभ्यः (gūḍhā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	गूढायाः (gūḍhā́yāḥ) गूढायै² (gūḍhā́yai²)	गूढाभ्याम् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गूढाभ्यः (gūḍhā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	गूढायाः (gūḍhā́yāḥ) गूढायै² (gūḍhā́yai²)	गूढयोः (gūḍháyoḥ)	गूढानाम् (gūḍhā́nām)
locative	गूढायाम् (gūḍhā́yām)	गूढयोः (gūḍháyoḥ)	गूढासु (gūḍhā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of गूढ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गूढम् (gūḍhám)	गूढे (gūḍhé)	गूढानि (gūḍhā́ni) गूढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)
vocative	गूढ (gū́ḍha)	गूढे (gū́ḍhe)	गूढानि (gū́ḍhāni) गूढा¹ (gū́ḍhā¹)
accusative	गूढम् (gūḍhám)	गूढे (gūḍhé)	गूढानि (gūḍhā́ni) गूढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)
instrumental	गूढेन (gūḍhéna)	गूढाभ्याम् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गूढैः (gūḍhaíḥ) गूढेभिः¹ (gūḍhébhiḥ¹)
dative	गूढाय (gūḍhā́ya)	गूढाभ्याम् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गूढेभ्यः (gūḍhébhyaḥ)
ablative	गूढात् (gūḍhā́t)	गूढाभ्याम् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गूढेभ्यः (gūḍhébhyaḥ)
genitive	गूढस्य (gūḍhásya)	गूढयोः (gūḍháyoḥ)	गूढानाम् (gūḍhā́nām)
locative	गूढे (gūḍhé)	गूढयोः (gūḍháyoḥ)	गूढेषु (gūḍhéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: gūḷha
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀽𑀠 (gūḍha)
  • Central:
    • Braj: गूढ़ौ (gūṛhau)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: गूढ़ा (gūṛhā)

  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: gūṛhā

      Gurmukhi script: ਗੂੜ੍ਹਾ

      Shahmukhi script: گُوڑھا

    • Sindhi: g̠ūṛho

      Arabic script: ڳُوڙهو

      Devanagari script: ॻूढ़ो

  • Southern:
    • Marathi: गुळें (guḷẽ), गुढें (guḍhẽ), गूढ (gūḍh)
    • Sinhalese: ගුළු (guḷu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गूढ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 360/3-361/1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gūḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press