घोष

See also: घृष्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰáwṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰáwšas (compare Persian گوش (gôš)), from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾ʰéw-sos, from *g⁽ʷ⁾ʰew-.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɐ́w.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʱoː.ʂɐ/

Noun

घोष • (ghóṣa) stem, m (Vedic: gháuṣa)

1. noise, sound
2. cry, holler, yell
3. station of herdsmen
4. (in the plural) herdsmen

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घोष (ghóṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	घोषः ghóṣaḥ	घोषौ / घोषा¹ ghóṣau / ghóṣā¹	घोषाः / घोषासः¹ ghóṣāḥ / ghóṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	घोष ghóṣa	घोषौ / घोषा¹ ghóṣau / ghóṣā¹	घोषाः / घोषासः¹ ghóṣāḥ / ghóṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	घोषम् ghóṣam	घोषौ / घोषा¹ ghóṣau / ghóṣā¹	घोषान् ghóṣān
Instrumental	घोषेण ghóṣeṇa	घोषाभ्याम् ghóṣābhyām	घोषैः / घोषेभिः¹ ghóṣaiḥ / ghóṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	घोषाय ghóṣāya	घोषाभ्याम् ghóṣābhyām	घोषेभ्यः ghóṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	घोषात् ghóṣāt	घोषाभ्याम् ghóṣābhyām	घोषेभ्यः ghóṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	घोषस्य ghóṣasya	घोषयोः ghóṣayoḥ	घोषाणाम् ghóṣāṇām
Locative	घोषे ghóṣe	घोषयोः ghóṣayoḥ	घोषेषु ghóṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• घोषक (ghoṣaka)
• घोषण (ghoṣaṇa)
• घोषणा (ghoṣaṇā)

Related terms

• घोषति (ghoṣati)

Descendants

• • Sinhalese: ගොස (gosa)
• Pali: ghosa
• → Bengali: ঘোষ (ghōś)

Further reading

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