गूढ

See also: गढ़, गढ़ा, गढी, गढ़ी, गाढ, गाढा, गाढ़ा, गुढें, and गूढ़ा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• गूळ्ह (gūḷhá) — Rigvedic

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গূঢ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬹᬠ (Balinese script)
• গূঢ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰳𑰛 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀽𑀠 (Brahmi script)
• ဂူဎ (Burmese script)
• ગૂઢ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੂਢ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍂𑌢 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦹꦞ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂴𑂛 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೂಢ (Kannada script)
• គូឍ (Khmer script)
• ຄູຒ (Lao script)
• ഗൂഢ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡠᡠᢟᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘴𑘛 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤᠤᢎᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧕𑦻 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐹𑐝 (Newa script)
• ଗୂଢ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢹꢟ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆷𑆞 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖳𑖛 (Siddham script)
• ගූඪ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩒𑩛𑩩 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚱𑚗 (Takri script)
• கூ³ட⁴ (Tamil script)
• గూఢ (Telugu script)
• คูฒ (Thai script)
• གཱུ་ཌྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒴𑒜 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃𑨊𑨗 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰuẓḍʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰuždʰás, from *gʰawȷ́ʰ- (“to hide, conceal”). See गूहति (gū́hati) for cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡuː.ɖʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡuː.ɖʱɐ/

Adjective

गू॒ढ • (gūḍhá) stem (root गुह्)

1. covered, hidden, concealed
2. secret, private
3. disguised

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गू॒ढ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गू॒ढः (gūḍháḥ)	गू॒ढौ (gūḍháu) गू॒ढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)	गू॒ढाः (gūḍhā́ḥ) गू॒ढासः॑¹ (gūḍhā́saḥ¹)
accusative	गू॒ढम् (gūḍhám)	गू॒ढौ (gūḍháu) गू॒ढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)	गू॒ढान् (gūḍhā́n)
instrumental	गू॒ढेन॑ (gūḍhéna)	गू॒ढाभ्या॑म् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गू॒ढैः (gūḍháiḥ) गू॒ढेभिः॑¹ (gūḍhébhiḥ¹)
dative	गू॒ढाय॑ (gūḍhā́ya)	गू॒ढाभ्या॑म् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गू॒ढेभ्यः॑ (gūḍhébhyaḥ)
ablative	गू॒ढात् (gūḍhā́t)	गू॒ढाभ्या॑म् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गू॒ढेभ्यः॑ (gūḍhébhyaḥ)
genitive	गू॒ढस्य॑ (gūḍhásya)	गू॒ढयोः॑ (gūḍháyoḥ)	गू॒ढाना॑म् (gūḍhā́nām)
locative	गू॒ढे (gūḍhé)	गू॒ढयोः॑ (gūḍháyoḥ)	गू॒ढेषु॑ (gūḍhéṣu)
vocative	गूढ॑ (gū́ḍha)	गूढौ॑ (gū́ḍhau) गूढा॑¹ (gū́ḍhā¹)	गूढाः॑ (gū́ḍhāḥ) गूढा॑सः¹ (gū́ḍhāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of गू॒ढा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गू॒ढा (gūḍhā́)	गू॒ढे (gūḍhé)	गू॒ढाः (gūḍhā́ḥ)
accusative	गू॒ढाम् (gūḍhā́m)	गू॒ढे (gūḍhé)	गू॒ढाः (gūḍhā́ḥ)
instrumental	गू॒ढया॑ (gūḍháyā) गू॒ढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)	गू॒ढाभ्या॑म् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गू॒ढाभिः॑ (gūḍhā́bhiḥ)
dative	गू॒ढायै॑ (gūḍhā́yai)	गू॒ढाभ्या॑म् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गू॒ढाभ्यः॑ (gūḍhā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	गू॒ढायाः॑ (gūḍhā́yāḥ) गू॒ढायै॑² (gūḍhā́yai²)	गू॒ढाभ्या॑म् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गू॒ढाभ्यः॑ (gūḍhā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	गू॒ढायाः॑ (gūḍhā́yāḥ) गू॒ढायै॑² (gūḍhā́yai²)	गू॒ढयोः॑ (gūḍháyoḥ)	गू॒ढाना॑म् (gūḍhā́nām)
locative	गू॒ढाया॑म् (gūḍhā́yām)	गू॒ढयोः॑ (gūḍháyoḥ)	गू॒ढासु॑ (gūḍhā́su)
vocative	गूढे॑ (gū́ḍhe)	गूढे॑ (gū́ḍhe)	गूढाः॑ (gū́ḍhāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of गू॒ढ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गू॒ढम् (gūḍhám)	गू॒ढे (gūḍhé)	गू॒ढानि॑ (gūḍhā́ni) गू॒ढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)
accusative	गू॒ढम् (gūḍhám)	गू॒ढे (gūḍhé)	गू॒ढानि॑ (gūḍhā́ni) गू॒ढा¹ (gūḍhā́¹)
instrumental	गू॒ढेन॑ (gūḍhéna)	गू॒ढाभ्या॑म् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गू॒ढैः (gūḍháiḥ) गू॒ढेभिः॑¹ (gūḍhébhiḥ¹)
dative	गू॒ढाय॑ (gūḍhā́ya)	गू॒ढाभ्या॑म् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गू॒ढेभ्यः॑ (gūḍhébhyaḥ)
ablative	गू॒ढात् (gūḍhā́t)	गू॒ढाभ्या॑म् (gūḍhā́bhyām)	गू॒ढेभ्यः॑ (gūḍhébhyaḥ)
genitive	गू॒ढस्य॑ (gūḍhásya)	गू॒ढयोः॑ (gūḍháyoḥ)	गू॒ढाना॑म् (gūḍhā́nām)
locative	गू॒ढे (gūḍhé)	गू॒ढयोः॑ (gūḍháyoḥ)	गू॒ढेषु॑ (gūḍhéṣu)
vocative	गूढ॑ (gū́ḍha)	गूढे॑ (gū́ḍhe)	गूढा॑नि (gū́ḍhāni) गूढा॑¹ (gū́ḍhā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: gūḷha
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀽𑀠 (gūḍha)
  • Central:
    • Braj: गूढ़ौ (gūṛhau)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: गूढ़ा (gūṛhā)

  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: gūṛhā

      Gurmukhi script: ਗੂੜ੍ਹਾ

      Shahmukhi script: گُوڑھا

    • Sindhi: g̠ūṛho

      Arabic script: ڳُوڙهو (g̠ūṛo)

      Devanagari script: ॻूढ़ो

  • Southern:
    • Marathi: गुळें (guḷẽ), गुढें (guḍhẽ), गूढ (gūḍh)
    • Sinhalese: ගුළු (guḷu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गूढ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 360/3-361/1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gūḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press