The corpus record — Sanskrit

gavi

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Where it lives

Aitareya Upanisad 3 · 6.19/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 13 · 2.77/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 9 · 1.19/10k
Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. gäv-

gäv- m. f. Rind, Stier, Kuh (RV [NomSg gdus, AkkSg gam, GenAbISg gös, Dat$g gäve, NomPi gävas, AkkPl gas, GenP! gaväm/gonäm, LokPl gösu, u.a.] +); gav-is- Rinder begehrend (’isd- u.a., o. I 270£.); gavyant- Rinder verlangend, kampflustig, begierig (RV); gavya-, gavya- aus Rindern bestehend {RV +), gavydya- (f. °äyr-) rindern, vom Rind stammend (RV, s. AiGr II 2,213,214); gavya- f. Verlangen nach Rindern (RV). … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. gäv-, p. 533]

2. غَثَيَ-

gavaya- m. Bos gavaeus (RV +; MK 1222), gavayi- f. Weibchen des g° (YV). - Mi., ni., Tu 4095. - Iir.: jav. gauuailän- m. N pr. setzt wohl *gauuaiia-= ved. g° (+ Possessiv-Suffix *H[eln-) voraus (Mh, AirN 1/48, mit Lit.). - Zu gav-; „das Suffix charakterisiert die Abart“ (wie in lat. caprea ‘Reh’ — capra “Ziege”), AiGr II 2,214. GAV', s. GAV. gavis-, gävisti- u.a., s. ES', 0. 1270f. gavidhukä-, s. gavedhukä-. — [Mayrhofer, s.v. gavaya-, p. 535]

3. غَث

gav in Ved. comp. for go

4. غَثِ

gavi ( loc. sg. of go; in comp. )

5. gavī

gavī f. of va, q.v.

6. gāvī

gāvī f. (in dialect) for go, a cow, Pat. Introd. 35; 94; 97, and on Vārtt. 6.

In the wild

6 of 26 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. gäv (vol. 1, scan pp. 533-534; entry #5675).

Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.