गुफा

See also: गुफ़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• गुफ़ा (gufā)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊ.pʰɑː/, [ɡʊ.pʰäː]

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *guppʰā. Related to Sanskrit गुहा (guhā, “cave”).

Noun

गुफा • (guphā) f (Urdu spelling گپها)

1. a cave, cavern

   Synonyms: खोह (khoh), कंदरा (kandrā)

   भालू दौड़ता गुफा में पहुँचा ― bhālū dauṛtā guphā mẽ pahũcā ― the bear ran into the cave

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Nepali

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *guppʰā. Related to Sanskrit गुहा (guhā, “cave”).

Noun

गुफा • (guphā)

1. cave

   गुफा पस्नु  ―  guphā pasnu  ―  to live apart (as before marriage or after a death)

References

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