गोण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গোণ্ড (Assamese script)
• ᬕᭀᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• গোণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰺𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• ဂေါဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• ગોણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੋਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍋𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦺꦴꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂷𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೋಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• គោណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ໂຄຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• ഗോണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠣᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘻𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧜𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑑀𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• ଗୋଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢔꣂꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆾𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖺𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• ගොණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩕𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚴𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
• கே³ாண்ட³ (Tamil script)
• గోణ్డ (Telugu script)
• โคณฺฑ (Thai script)
• གོ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒼𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨆𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐwɳ.ɖɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːɳ.ɖɐ/

Proper noun

गोण्ड • (goṇḍa) stem, m

1. a man of a low tribe, mountaineer, esp. inhabiting the eastern portion of the Vindhya range between the Narmada and Krishna; the Gond people

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गोण्ड (goṇḍa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गोण्डः goṇḍaḥ	गोण्डौ / गोण्डा¹ goṇḍau / goṇḍā¹	गोण्डाः / गोण्डासः¹ goṇḍāḥ / goṇḍāsaḥ¹
Vocative	गोण्ड goṇḍa	गोण्डौ / गोण्डा¹ goṇḍau / goṇḍā¹	गोण्डाः / गोण्डासः¹ goṇḍāḥ / goṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गोण्डम् goṇḍam	गोण्डौ / गोण्डा¹ goṇḍau / goṇḍā¹	गोण्डान् goṇḍān
Instrumental	गोण्डेन goṇḍena	गोण्डाभ्याम् goṇḍābhyām	गोण्डैः / गोण्डेभिः¹ goṇḍaiḥ / goṇḍebhiḥ¹
Dative	गोण्डाय goṇḍāya	गोण्डाभ्याम् goṇḍābhyām	गोण्डेभ्यः goṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative	गोण्डात् goṇḍāt	गोण्डाभ्याम् goṇḍābhyām	गोण्डेभ्यः goṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive	गोण्डस्य goṇḍasya	गोण्डयोः goṇḍayoḥ	गोण्डानाम् goṇḍānām
Locative	गोण्डे goṇḍe	गोण्डयोः goṇḍayoḥ	गोण्डेषु goṇḍeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀕𑁄𑀁𑀟 (goṃḍa)
  • Bengali: গোঁড় (gō̃ṛ)
  • Bhadrawahi: गुन्नो (gunno)
  • Bhojpuri: गोँड़ (gō̃ṛ)
  • Hindustani: gõḍā
    • Hindi: गोंडा
    • Urdu: گون٘ڈا
  • Nepali: गुनु (gunu)
  • Odia: ଗୁଣ୍ଡା (guṇḍā)
  • Punjabi: guṇḍā

    Gurmukhi script: ਗੁੰਡਾ

    Shahmukhi script: گُن٘ڈا

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गोण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 367/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 163