গোসাঞি

Assamese

Alternative forms

• গোসাঁই (güxãi)
• গহাঞি (gohañi), গহঞি (gohoñi), গহেঁ (gohẽ) — 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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊ.xaɪ/

Noun

গোসাঞি • (güxañi) (classifier -গৰাকী)

1. God
2. sage, saint, hermit

Declension

Declension of গোসাঞি
nominative	গোসাঞি / গোসায়ে güxaĩ / güxaĩye
genitive	গোসাঞিৰ güxaĩr
nominative	গোসাঞি / গোসায়ে güxaĩ / güxaĩye
accusative	গোসাঞি / গোসাঞিক güxaĩ / güxaĩk
dative	গোসাঞিলৈ güxaĩloi
terminative	গোসাঞিলৈকে güxaĩloike
instrumental	গোসায়ে / গোসায়েৰে güxaĩye / güxaĩyere
genitive	গোসাঞিৰ güxaĩr
locative	গোসাঞিত güxaĩt
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.

Early Assamese

Alternative forms

• গোহাঞিঁ (göhañi̐)

Etymology

From Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit গোস্ৱামিন্ (gosvāmin).

Noun

গোসাঞি (gösañi)

1. God
   • 14th century, Madhav Kandali, Saptakanda Ramayana Aranya Kanda:

     হাতযোৰ কৰি বাক্য বোলয় বিৰাধ ।
     ক্ষমিয়ো গোসাঞি কৰিলোহোঁ অপৰাধ ॥

     hatojöro kori bakjo böloyo biradho ,
     kṣomiyö gösañi korilöhö̐ oporadho .

     Joining both hands, Viradha says sentence,
     “Oh God, please forgive me, I committed a sin.”

Descendants

• Assamese: গোসাঞি (güxañi), গোহাঞি (gühañi)
• → Tiwa: kosai