guha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀼𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• गुह (Devanagari script)
• গুহ (Bengali script)
• ගුහ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂုဟ or ၷုႁ (Burmese script)
• คุห or คุหะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩩᩉ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຸຫ or ຄຸຫະ (Lao script)
• គុហ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄪𑄦 (Chakma script)

Etymology

In principle extracted from verbs such as gūhati, but probably also partly borrowed from Sanskrit गुह् (guh).

Noun

guha ?

1. The Pali root guh
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 291; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     गुहदुसानं दीघं ॥५॥
     गुह, दुस, इच्चेतेसं धातूनं सरो दीघं आपज्जते कारिते । गूहयति ; दूसयति ॥

     5. Guhadusānaṃ dīghaṃ
     Guha, dusa, iccetesaṃ dhātūnaṃ saro dīghaṃ āpajjate kārite. gūhayati; dūsayati.

     5. Length from guha and dusa
     Guha, dusa: For these roots, the vowel exhibits length in the causative.
     .Exx: gūhayati; dūsayati.