गोदावरी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गोदावरी (godāvarī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡoː.d̪ɑːʋ.ɾiː/, [ɡoː.d̪äːʋ.ɾiː]

Proper noun

गोदावरी • (godāvrī) f (Urdu spelling گوداوری)

1. Godavari (a major river in South India which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh).

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गोदावरी (godāvarī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.d̪aʋ.ɾi/, [ɡo.d̪aʋ.ɾiː]

Proper noun

गोदावरी • (godāvarī) f

1. Godavari (a major river in the Indian Peninsula which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh)
2. a female given name, Godavari, from Sanskrit

Nepali

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡod̪äwʌɾi]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गोदाओरि

Proper noun

गोदावरी • (godāwarī)

1. Godavari (a city in Sudurpashchim, Nepal)

Declension

Declension of गोदावरी
	Singular
nominative	गोदावरी [ɡod̪äwʌɾi]
accusative	गोदावरीलाई [ɡod̪äwʌɾiläi]
instrumental/ergative	गोदावरीले [ɡod̪äwʌɾile]
dative	गोदावरीलाई [ɡod̪äwʌɾiläi]
ablative	गोदावरीबाट [ɡod̪äwʌɾibäʈʌ]
genitive	गोदावरीको [ɡod̪äwʌɾiko]
locative	गोदावरीमा [ɡod̪äwʌɾimä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গোদাৱৰী (Assamese script)
• ᬕᭀᬤᬵᬯᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
• গোদাবরী (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰺𑰟𑰯𑰪𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁄𑀤𑀸𑀯𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဂေါဒါဝရီ (Burmese script)
• ગોદાવરી (Gujarati script)
• ਗੋਦਾਵਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍋𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦺꦴꦢꦴꦮꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂷𑂠𑂰𑂫𑂩𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೋದಾವರೀ (Kannada script)
• គោទាវរី (Khmer script)
• ໂຄທາວຣີ (Lao script)
• ഗോദാവരീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠣᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘻𑘟𑘰𑘪𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢑᠠᢗᠸᠠᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧜𑦿𑧑𑧊𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑑀𑐡𑐵𑐰𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଗୋଦାଵରୀ (Odia script)
• ꢔꣂꢣꢵꢮꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆾𑆢𑆳𑆮𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖺𑖟𑖯𑖪𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ගොදාවරී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩕𑩭𑩛𑩾𑩼𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚴𑚛𑚭𑚦𑚤𑚯 (Takri script)
• கே³ாத³ாவரீ (Tamil script)
• గోదావరీ (Telugu script)
• โคทาวรี (Thai script)
• གོ་དཱ་ཝ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒼𑒠𑒰𑒫𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨆𑨛𑨊𑨭𑨫𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From गो (go, “water”) + द (da, “what gives”). Literally "granting water or kine".

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐw.dɑː.ʋɐ.ɾiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡoː.d̪ɑː.ʋɐ.ɾiː/

Proper noun

गोदावरी • (godāvarī)

1. Name of a river in the Indian peninsula, the Godavari.

Descendants

• → Marathi: गोदावरी (godāvrī)
• → Telugu: గోదావరి (gōdāvari)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गोदावरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 365.