गोया

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian گویا (goyā)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡoː.jɑː/, [ɡoː.jäː]

Adverb[edit]

गोया • (goyā) (Urdu spelling گویا)

  1. As you (or as one) would say
    • अपराध और दंड [Crime and Punishment]‎[1]:
      कमरा क्या था, गोया एक अलमारी थी।
      kamrā kyā thā, goyā ek almārī thī.
      Hardly a room, as one would say [it was more of] a cupboard
  2. so to speak
  3. as if, as though

Noun[edit]

गोया • (goyā) m (Urdu spelling گویا)

  1. (rare) speaker

Adjective[edit]

गोया • (goyā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گویا)

  1. (rare) saying, speaking
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