गया

See also: गोंय, गये, and गाय

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.jɑː/, [ɡɐ.jäː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit गया (gayā).

Proper noun

गया • (gayā) m (Urdu spelling گیا)

1. Gaya (a city in Bihar, India)

Declension

Declension of गया (sg-only masc ā-stem)

	singular
direct	गया gayā
oblique	गए, गये gae, gaye
vocative	गए, गये gae, gaye

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gatás

Sanskrit गत (gata)

Prakrit 𑀕𑀅 (gaa)

Hindi गया

Inherited from Prakrit गय (gaya) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit गत (gatá, “gone”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.jɑː/, [ɡɐ.jäː], /ɡə.jᵊ/, [ɡɐ.jᵊ], /ɡɪ.ɑː/, [ɡɪ.äː]

Verb

गया • (gayā) (Urdu spelling گیا)

1. inflection of जाना (jānā):
   1. masculine singular perfective participle
   2. masculine singular perfect indicative

   वह घर गया। ― vah ghar gayā. ― He went home.

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gatá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গয়া (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• গয়া (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဂယာ (Burmese script)
• ગયા (Gujarati script)
• ਗਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦪꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಯಾ (Kannada script)
• គយា (Khmer script)
• ຄຍາ (Lao script)
• ഗയാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଗଯା (Odia script)
• ꢔꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ගයා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• க³யா (Tamil script)
• గయా (Telugu script)
• คยา (Thai script)
• ག་ཡཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Named after the demon गयासुर (gayāsura) (Gayasura), compare असुर (asura).

Proper noun

गया • (gayā)

1. Gaya (historical and modern city in India)
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa Ayōdhyakāṇḍa.99.13:

     एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा गुणवन्तो बहुश्रुताः ।
     तेषां वै समवेतानाम् अपि कश्चिद् गयां व्रजेत् ॥

     eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā guṇavanto bahuśrutāḥ.
     teṣāṃ vai samavetānām api kaścid gayāṃ vrajet.

     It is desirable to have many virtuous and learned sons, [since] at least one among them will come to Gayā [to perform religious rites].

   • c. 600 CE – 1000, Garuḍa Purāṇa 1.82.19:

     गयायां पिण्डदानेन यत् फलं लभते नरः ।
     न तच् छक्यं मया वक्तुं वर्षकोटिशतैर् अपि ॥

     gayāyāṃ piṇḍadānena yat phalaṃ labhate naraḥ.
     na tac chakyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ varṣakoṭiśatair api.

     The benefits that a man acquires by offering oblations at Gayā are so much that I cannot finish detailing them in a billion years.

References

• Mandal, R. B. (1989). Systems of Rural Settlements in Developing Countries. Concept Publishing Company.