गाँव

See also: गांव, गाव, गावे, and गोवा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi गांव (gāṃva), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma, “village”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *grā́mas, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)gróm-os, from the root *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather”). Distantly related to Polish gromada (“village organization”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃ːʋ/, [ɡä̃ːʋ], /ɡɑ̃ː.oː/, [ɡä̃ː.oː]

Noun

गाँव • (gā̃v) m (Urdu spelling گاؤں or گانو)

1. village, hamlet
2. rural settlement

Declension

Declension of गाँव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गाँव gā̃v	गाँव gā̃v
oblique	गाँव gā̃v	गाँवों gā̃võ
vocative	गाँव gā̃v	गाँवो gā̃vo

References

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