গোহাঁই

Assamese

Alternative forms

• গোহাঞি (gühañi)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Assamese গোসাই (güxai), from Early Assamese গোসাঞি, গোসাঞিঁ (gösañi̐), from Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit গোস্ৱামিন্ (gosvāmin). Doublet of গোসাঁই (güxãi) and গোস্বামী (güssami). Cognate with Odia ଗୋସାଇଁ (gosāĩ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊɦ.ãi/

Noun

গোহাঁই • (gühãi) (classifier -জন)

1. Gohain, counsellor (in the Ahom kingdom)

Declension

Declension of গোহাঁই
nominative	গোহাঁই / গোহাঁয়ে gühãi / gühãye
genitive	গোহাঁইৰ gühãir
nominative	গোহাঁই / গোহাঁয়ে gühãi / gühãye
accusative	গোহাঁই / গোহাঁইক gühãi / gühãik
dative	গোহাঁইলৈ gühãiloi
terminative	গোহাঁইলৈকে gühãiloike
instrumental	গোহাঁয়ে / গোহাঁয়েৰে gühãye / gühãyere
genitive	গোহাঁইৰ gühãir
locative	গোহাঁইত gühãit
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.

Proper noun

গোহাঁই • (gühãi)

1. an Assamese surname

Derived terms

• বুঢ়াগোহাঁই (burhagühãi)
• বৰগোহাঁই (borgühãi)
• বৰপাত্ৰগোহাঁই (boropatrogühãi)