gopi

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit गोपी (gopī).

Noun[edit]

gopi (plural gopis)

  1. (India) Any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 413:
      The gopis were, as usual, filling their pots with water on the banks of the Jamuna when the god with a thousand names took out a catapult and one by one broke the pots on their heads and ogled at the drenched ladies.

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Rawang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Burmese ကော်ဖီ (kauhpi), from English coffee.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

gopi

  1. coffee.

Welsh[edit]

Noun[edit]

gopi

  1. Soft mutation of copi.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
copi gopi nghopi chopi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.