গহীন

Bengali

Alternative forms

• গহিন (gohin)
• গইন (goin), গঈন (goin) — Vanga

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali গহীন (gohin).

Adjective

গহীন • (gohin) (comparative আরও গহীন, superlative সবচেয়ে গহীন)

1. deep
2. profound; unfathomable
3. far advanced (of an environment or natural condition)

Middle Bengali

Alternative forms

• গহিন (gohin), গহিল (gohil), গহীল (gohil), গহির (gohir), গহীর (gohir)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀮 ~ 𑀕𑀳𑀻𑀭 (gahīla ~ gahīra​), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīra), with r ~ l and l ~ n alternation.

Adjective

গহীন (gohin)

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

     তুমি হও গহীন গাঙ্গ আমি ডুব্যা মরি।

     tumi hō gohin gaṅgo ami ḍubba mori.

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

Descendants

• Bengali: গহীন (gohin)

Further reading

• Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.‎^[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 216.