गावी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• গাৱী (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬵᬯᬷ (Balinese script)
• গাবী (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰯𑰪𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀸𑀯𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဂါဝီ (Burmese script)
• ગાવી (Gujarati script)
• ਗਾਵੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌾𑌵𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦴꦮꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂰𑂫𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಾವೀ (Kannada script)
• គាវី (Khmer script)
• ຄາວີ (Lao script)
• ഗാവീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘰𑘪𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢗᠸᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧑𑧊𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐵𑐰𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଗାଵୀ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢵꢮꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆳𑆮𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖯𑖪𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ගාවී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩛𑩾𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚭𑚦𑚯 (Takri script)
• க³ாவீ (Tamil script)
• గావీ (Telugu script)
• คาวี (Thai script)
• གཱ་ཝཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒰𑒫𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨊𑨭𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš

Sanskrit गो (gó)

Sanskrit *गाव (*gāva)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iH

Sanskrit -ई (-ī)

Sanskrit गावी

Feminine noun from thematicised *गाव (*gāva, “ox”) +‎ -ई (-ī), further from गो (gó).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.ʋiː/

Noun

गावी • (gāvī) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

1. cow
   • Pat

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of गावी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गावी (gāvī)	गाव्यौ (gāvyau)	गाव्यः (gāvyaḥ)
accusative	गावीम् (gāvīm)	गाव्यौ (gāvyau)	गावीः (gāvīḥ)
instrumental	गाव्या (gāvyā)	गावीभ्याम् (gāvībhyām)	गावीभिः (gāvībhiḥ)
dative	गाव्यै (gāvyai)	गावीभ्याम् (gāvībhyām)	गावीभ्यः (gāvībhyaḥ)
ablative	गाव्याः (gāvyāḥ)	गावीभ्याम् (gāvībhyām)	गावीभ्यः (gāvībhyaḥ)
genitive	गाव्याः (gāvyāḥ)	गाव्योः (gāvyoḥ)	गावीनाम् (gāvīnām)
locative	गाव्याम् (gāvyām)	गाव्योः (gāvyoḥ)	गावीषु (gāvīṣu)
vocative	गावि (gāvi)	गाव्यौ (gāvyau)	गाव्यः (gāvyaḥ)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Palula: ghaáu, gháu (Biori)
• Pali: gāvī
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀸𑀈 (gāī) (see there for further descendants)