गूथ

See also: गाथ and गाथा

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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)
• 𑄉𑄫𑄗 (Chakma 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)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গূথ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬹᬣ (Balinese script)
• গূথ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰳𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀽𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• ဂူထ (Burmese script)
• ગૂથ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੂਥ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍂𑌥 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦹꦡ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂴𑂟 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೂಥ (Kannada script)
• គូថ (Khmer script)
• ຄູຖ (Lao script)
• ഗൂഥ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡠᡠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘴𑘞 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤᠤᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧕𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐹𑐠 (Newa script)
• ଗୂଥ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢹꢢ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆷𑆡 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖳𑖞 (Siddham script)
• ගූථ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩒𑩛𑩬 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚱𑚚 (Takri script)
• கூ³த² (Tamil script)
• గూథ (Telugu script)
• คูถ (Thai script)
• གཱུ་ཐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒴𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃𑨊𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡuː.t̪ʰɐ/

Noun

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

1. feces, excrement, ordure

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गूथ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गूथः (gūthaḥ)	गूथौ (gūthau)	गूथाः (gūthāḥ)
vocative	गूथ (gūtha)	गूथौ (gūthau)	गूथाः (gūthāḥ)
accusative	गूथम् (gūtham)	गूथौ (gūthau)	गूथान् (gūthān)
instrumental	गूथेन (gūthena)	गूथाभ्याम् (gūthābhyām)	गूथैः (gūthaiḥ)
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)

Neuter a-stem declension of गूथ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गूथम् (gūtham)	गूथे (gūthe)	गूथानि (gūthāni)
vocative	गूथ (gūtha)	गूथे (gūthe)	गूथानि (gūthāni)
accusative	गूथम् (gūtham)	गूथे (gūthe)	गूथानि (gūthāni)
instrumental	गूथेन (gūthena)	गूथाभ्याम् (gūthābhyām)	गूथैः (gūthaiḥ)
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)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: gū
  • Gawar-Bati: gū
  • Khowar: گور (gūr)
  • Kashmiri:

    Arabic script: گٕس (gụs)

    Devanagari script: गॖस (gụs)

  • Phalura: گو (gū)
  • Shumashti: gūi
  • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: gū
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: gū
    • Kamkata-viri: gü
    • Waigali: gū
• Pali: gūtha
  • → Khmer: គូថ (kuut) (learned)
  • → Thai: คูถ (kûut) (learned)
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀽𑀳 (gūha)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani:

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

        Urdu: گوہ (gūh), گو (gū)

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: গু (gu)
      • Bengali: গু (gu)
      • Bihari:
        • Bhojpuri: गूह (gūh)
      • Odia: ଗୁହ (guha), ଘୁଅ (ghua), ଗୁ (gu), ଗଅ (gaa), ଗଇ (gai)
      • Sylheti: ꠉꠥ (gu)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: गू (gū), गुहु (guhu)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Saraiki: گُھوں (ghūṉ), گُوں (gūṉ)
        • Punjabi: gū̃h

          Gurmukhi script: ਗੂੰਹ

          Shahmukhi script: گُون٘ہہ

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: gū̃hu

          Arabic script: گُوڻهُ

          Devanagari script: गूंहु

          • Jadgali: [script needed] (gū)
          • Kachchi: ગૂ (gū)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ގުއި (gui), ގޫ (gū)
      • Sinhalese: ගූ (gū)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: gū

        Devanagari script: गू

        Kannada script: ಗೂ

        Latin script: gu

      • Marathi: गू (gū)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: ગૂ (gū)
• → Odia: ଗୁଥ (gutha) (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, page 0361.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गूथ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 667
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “gūtha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.