गौरव

See also: ग्रीवा and गर्व

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गौरव (gaurava, “cumbrousness, importance”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɔː.ɾəʋ/, [ɡɔː.ɾɐʋ]

Noun

गौरव • (gaurav) m (Urdu spelling گورو)

1. honour, glory

   Synonym: प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā)

   आपने हमारा गौरव बढ़ाया। ― āpne hamārā gaurav baṛhāyā. ― You enhanced our glory.

Declension

Declension of गौरव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गौरव gaurav	गौरव gaurav
oblique	गौरव gaurav	गौरवों gauravõ
vocative	गौरव gaurav	गौरवो gauravo

Derived terms

• गौरवमय (gauravmay)
• गौरवमयी (gaurvamyī)
• गौरवशाली (gauravśālī)

Related terms

• गुरु (guru)

Proper noun

गौरव • (gaurav) m

1. a male given name, Gaurav, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of गौरव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गौरव gaurav	गौरव gaurav
oblique	गौरव gaurav	गौरवों gauravõ
vocative	गौरव gaurav	गौरवो gauravo

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “गौरव”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi गौरव (gaurava), गोरव (gorava), from Sanskrit गौरव (gaurava).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəu.ɾəʋ/

Noun

गौरव • (gaurav) m

1. glory

   Synonym: प्रसिद्धी (prasiddhī)

2. honour, dignity

   Synonym: सन्मान (sanmān)

3. reputation; respectability

   Synonym: प्रतिष्ठा (pratiṣṭhā)

4. laurel; distinction

   Synonym: बहुमान (bahumān)

Declension

Declension of गौरव (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	गौरव gaurav
direct plural	गौरव gaurav
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	गौरव gaurav		गौरव gaurav
oblique सामान्यरूप	गौरवा gaurvā		गौरवां- gaurvān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	गौरवाला gaurvālā		गौरवांना gaurvānnā
ergative	गौरवाने, गौरवानं gaurvāne, gaurvāna		गौरवांनी gaurvānnī
instrumental	गौरवाशी gaurvāśī		गौरवांशी gaurvānśī
locative सप्तमी	गौरवात gaurvāt		गौरवांत gaurvāt
vocative संबोधन	गौरवा gaurvā		गौरवांनो gaurvānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of गौरव (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	गौरवाचा gaurvāċā	गौरवाचे gaurvāċe	गौरवाची gaurvācī	गौरवाच्या gaurvācā	गौरवाचे, गौरवाचं gaurvāċe, gaurvāċa	गौरवाची gaurvācī	गौरवाच्या gaurvācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	गौरवांचा gaurvānċā	गौरवांचे gaurvānċe	गौरवांची gaurvāñcī	गौरवांच्या gaurvāncā	गौरवांचे, गौरवांचं gaurvānċe, gaurvānċa	गौरवांची gaurvāñcī	गौरवांच्या gaurvāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Proper noun

गौरव • (gaurav) m

1. a male given name, Gaurav, from Sanskrit

References

• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “गौरव”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गौरव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “गौरव”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.