গোসাঁই

Assamese

Alternative forms

• গোসাঞি (güxañi)
• গহাঁই (gohãi), গহঁই (gohõi), গহেঁই (gohẽi), গহেঁ’ (gohë̃) — Central, Kamrupi

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese গোসাঞি, গোসাঞিঁ (gösañi̐), from Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit গোস্ৱামিন্ (gosvāmin). Doublet of গোহাঁই (gühãi) and গোস্বামী (güssami). Cognate with Odia ଗୋସେଇଁ (goseĩ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊx.ãi/

Noun

গোসাঁই • (güxãi) (classifier -গৰাকী)

1. God
2. sage, saint, hermit

Declension

Declension of গোসাঁই
nominative	গোসাঁই / গোসাঁয়ে güxãi / güxãye
genitive	গোসাঁইৰ güxãir
nominative	গোসাঁই / গোসাঁয়ে güxãi / güxãye
accusative	গোসাঁই / গোসাঁইক güxãi / güxãik
dative	গোসাঁইলৈ güxãiloi
terminative	গোসাঁইলৈকে güxãiloike
instrumental	গোসাঁয়ে / গোসাঁয়েৰে güxãye / güxãyere
genitive	গোসাঁইৰ güxãir
locative	গোসাঁইত güxãit
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural. Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc. Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive. Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too. Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common. Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese. Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.

Bengali

Alternative forms

• গোঁসাই (gō̃śai), গোসাইঁ (gōśaĩ)
• গোসাঞি (gōśãi) — dated

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali গোসাঞি (gōsãi), from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀕𑁄𑀲𑀸𑀁𑀇 (*gosāṃi), from Sanskrit गोस्वामी (gosvāmī, “lord of cows”). Doublet of গোস্বামী (gōśśami). Cognate with Odia ଗୋସେଇଁ (goseĩ).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡoʃãi/, [ɡoʃãiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡoʃai̯/, [ɡoʃai̯]

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Noun

গোসাঁই • (gōśãi)

1. lord, master
2. God

Related terms

• সাঁই (śãi)

Descendants

• → Santali: ᱜᱚᱥᱟᱸᱭ (gôsãy)