गव्यूति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গৱ্যূতি (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬯ᭄ᬬᬹᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• গব্যূতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰳𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀽𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဂဝျူတိ (Burmese script)
• ગવ્યૂતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਵ੍ਯੂਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌵𑍍𑌯𑍂𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦮꦾꦹꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂴𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಗವ್ಯೂತಿ (Kannada script)
• គវ្យូតិ (Khmer script)
• ຄວ຺ຍູຕິ (Lao script)
• ഗവ്യൂതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᠸᠶᡠᡠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘴𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᠧᠶ᠋ᠤᠤᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧊𑧠𑧇𑧕𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐹𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଗଵ୍ଯୂତି (Odia script)
• ꢔꢮ꣄ꢫꢹꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆷𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖳𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ගව්‍යූති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩒𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚱𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• க³வ்யூதி (Tamil script)
• గవ్యూతి (Telugu script)
• ควฺยูติ (Thai script)
• ག་ཝྱཱུ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒴𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨃𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gáwHyuHtiš (“pasture, grassland”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (gaoiiaoⁱti, “pasture”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ́ʋ.juː.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐʋˈjuː.t̪i/

Noun

गव्यूति • (gávyūti) stem, f

1. a pasture
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.65.4:

     आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा ह॒व्यजु॑ष्टिं घृ॒तैर् गव्यू॑तिम् उक्षत॒म् इळा॑भिः ।
     प्रति॑ वा॒म् अत्र॒ वर॒म् आ जना॑य पृणी॒तम् उ॒द्नो दि॒व्यस्य॒ चारोः॑ ॥

     ā́ no mitrāvaruṇā havyájuṣṭiṃ ghṛtaír gávyūtim ukṣatam íḷābhiḥ.
     práti vām átra váram ā́ jánāya pṛṇītám udnó divyásya cā́roḥ.

     Come, taste our offering, Varuṇa and Mitra: bedew our pasture with sweet food and fatness.
     Pour down in plenty here upon the people the choicest of your fair celestial water.

2. a measure of length, equalling 2 Krośas

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of गव्यूति (gávyūti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गव्यूतिः gávyūtiḥ	गव्यूती gávyūtī	गव्यूतयः gávyūtayaḥ
Vocative	गव्यूते gávyūte	गव्यूती gávyūtī	गव्यूतयः gávyūtayaḥ
Accusative	गव्यूतिम् gávyūtim	गव्यूती gávyūtī	गव्यूतीः gávyūtīḥ
Instrumental	गव्यूत्या / गव्यूती¹ gávyūtyā / gávyūtī¹	गव्यूतिभ्याम् gávyūtibhyām	गव्यूतिभिः gávyūtibhiḥ
Dative	गव्यूतये / गव्यूत्यै² / गव्यूती¹ gávyūtaye / gávyūtyai² / gávyūtī¹	गव्यूतिभ्याम् gávyūtibhyām	गव्यूतिभ्यः gávyūtibhyaḥ
Ablative	गव्यूतेः / गव्यूत्याः² / गव्यूत्यै³ gávyūteḥ / gávyūtyāḥ² / gávyūtyai³	गव्यूतिभ्याम् gávyūtibhyām	गव्यूतिभ्यः gávyūtibhyaḥ
Genitive	गव्यूतेः / गव्यूत्याः² / गव्यूत्यै³ gávyūteḥ / gávyūtyāḥ² / gávyūtyai³	गव्यूत्योः gávyūtyoḥ	गव्यूतीनाम् gávyūtīnām
Locative	गव्यूतौ / गव्यूत्याम्² / गव्यूता¹ gávyūtau / gávyūtyām² / gávyūtā¹	गव्यूत्योः gávyūtyoḥ	गव्यूतिषु gávyūtiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गव्यूति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 351.