গহীন
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Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle Bengali গহীন (gahīna), from Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīrá) and गहन (gahana).
Adjective[edit]
গহীন • (gohin) (comparative আরও গহীন, superlative সবচেয়ে গহীন)
- deep, unfathomable
- গহীন গাঙের নাইয়া ― gôhin gaṅer naiẏa ― A boatman of a deep river
Middle Bengali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- গহিন (gohin)
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit गभीर (gabhīrá) and गहन (gahana).
Adjective[edit]
গহীন (gahīna)
- deep, unfathomable
- Synonym: গহির (gahir)
- c. 17th c., Dvija Kanai, Mahua:
- তুমি হও গহীন গাঙ্গ আমি ডুব্যা মরি।
- tumi hao gahina gāṅga āmi ḍubyā mari.
- Do you be the unfathomable stream and I will drown myself therein.
- impenetrable
Descendants[edit]
- Bengali: গহীন (gohin)
Further reading[edit]
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 216.
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