गुड

See also: गुल

Hindi

Noun

गुड • (guḍ) m

1. Alternative spelling of गुड़ (guṛ)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গুড (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬸᬟ (Balinese script)
• গুড (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰲𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀼𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• ဂုဍ (Burmese script)
• ગુડ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੁਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍁𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦸꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂳𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಗುಡ (Kannada script)
• គុឌ (Khmer script)
• ຄຸຑ (Lao script)
• ഗുഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡠᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘳𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧔𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐸𑐜 (Newa script)
• ଗୁଡ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢸꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆶𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖲𑖚 (Siddham script)
• ගුඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩒𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚰𑚖 (Takri script)
• கு³ட³ (Tamil script)
• గుడ (Telugu script)
• คุฑ (Thai script)
• གུ་ཌ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒳𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kuṭV (“eyeball”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡu.ɖɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.ɖɐ/

Noun

गुड • (guḍá) stem, m

1. sugar which forms itself into lumps, dry sugar, treacle, molasses, first thickening of the juice of the sugarcane by boiling
2. a globe or ball
3. a ball to play with
4. a pill
5. a bit, mouthful
6. an elephant's trappings or armour
7. the cotton tree
8. Euphorbia antiquorum

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गुड (guḍá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गुडः guḍáḥ	गुडौ / गुडा¹ guḍaú / guḍā́¹	गुडाः / गुडासः¹ guḍā́ḥ / guḍā́saḥ¹
Vocative	गुड gúḍa	गुडौ / गुडा¹ gúḍau / gúḍā¹	गुडाः / गुडासः¹ gúḍāḥ / gúḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गुडम् guḍám	गुडौ / गुडा¹ guḍaú / guḍā́¹	गुडान् guḍā́n
Instrumental	गुडेन guḍéna	गुडाभ्याम् guḍā́bhyām	गुडैः / गुडेभिः¹ guḍaíḥ / guḍébhiḥ¹
Dative	गुडाय guḍā́ya	गुडाभ्याम् guḍā́bhyām	गुडेभ्यः guḍébhyaḥ
Ablative	गुडात् guḍā́t	गुडाभ्याम् guḍā́bhyām	गुडेभ्यः guḍébhyaḥ
Genitive	गुडस्य guḍásya	गुडयोः guḍáyoḥ	गुडानाम् guḍā́nām
Locative	गुडे guḍé	गुडयोः guḍáyoḥ	गुडेषु guḍéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: guḷa
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀼𑀟𑀺𑀅 (guḍia)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਗੁੜ (guṛ)
• Romani: gudlo, guglo, gullo, gulo (“sweet”)
• Hindi: गुड़ (guṛ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गुड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 356.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “guda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 223