गेह

Braj

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गेह (geha).

Noun

गेह (geh) m

1. home, house
   • सूरदास :

     लाल माई भीजत आये गेह

     lāl māī bhījat āye geh

     o Yaśodā, Krishna lāl is drenched coming home

     (literally, “Lāl, o mother, is drenched coming home”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গেহ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬾᬳ (Balinese script)
• গেহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰸𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁂𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ဂေဟ (Burmese script)
• ગેહ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੇਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍇𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦺꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂵𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೇಹ (Kannada script)
• គេហ (Khmer script)
• ເຄຫ (Lao script)
• ഗേഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡝᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘹𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠧᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧚𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐾𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଗେହ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢾꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆼𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖸𑖮 (Siddham script)
• ගෙහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩔𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚲𑚩 (Takri script)
• கே³ஹ (Tamil script)
• గేహ (Telugu script)
• เคห (Thai script)
• གེ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒹𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨄𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A late Vedic corruption of गृह (gṛhá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gʰr̥dʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰós.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐj.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeː.ɦɐ/

Noun

गेह • (gehá) stem, m or n

1. house, home, residence, dwelling
2. household
3. family life

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गेह (gehá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गेहः geháḥ	गेहौ / गेहा¹ gehaú / gehā́¹	गेहाः / गेहासः¹ gehā́ḥ / gehā́saḥ¹
Vocative	गेह géha	गेहौ / गेहा¹ géhau / géhā¹	गेहाः / गेहासः¹ géhāḥ / géhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गेहम् gehám	गेहौ / गेहा¹ gehaú / gehā́¹	गेहान् gehā́n
Instrumental	गेहेन gehéna	गेहाभ्याम् gehā́bhyām	गेहैः / गेहेभिः¹ gehaíḥ / gehébhiḥ¹
Dative	गेहाय gehā́ya	गेहाभ्याम् gehā́bhyām	गेहेभ्यः gehébhyaḥ
Ablative	गेहात् gehā́t	गेहाभ्याम् gehā́bhyām	गेहेभ्यः gehébhyaḥ
Genitive	गेहस्य gehásya	गेहयोः geháyoḥ	गेहानाम् gehā́nām
Locative	गेहे gehé	गेहयोः geháyoḥ	गेहेषु gehéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of गेह (gehá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गेहम् gehám	गेहे gehé	गेहानि / गेहा¹ gehā́ni / gehā́¹
Vocative	गेह géha	गेहे géhe	गेहानि / गेहा¹ géhāni / géhā¹
Accusative	गेहम् gehám	गेहे gehé	गेहानि / गेहा¹ gehā́ni / gehā́¹
Instrumental	गेहेन gehéna	गेहाभ्याम् gehā́bhyām	गेहैः / गेहेभिः¹ gehaíḥ / gehébhiḥ¹
Dative	गेहाय gehā́ya	गेहाभ्याम् gehā́bhyām	गेहेभ्यः gehébhyaḥ
Ablative	गेहात् gehā́t	गेहाभ्याम् gehā́bhyām	गेहेभ्यः gehébhyaḥ
Genitive	गेहस्य gehásya	गेहयोः geháyoḥ	गेहानाम् gehā́nām
Locative	गेहे gehé	गेहयोः geháyoḥ	गेहेषु gehéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Grangali: gē
  • Kashmiri: gī

    Arabic script: گِی

    Devanagari script: गी

• Prakrit: 𑀕𑁂𑀳 (geha)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: ގެ (ge), ގޭ (gē)
      • Sinhalese: ගෙය (geya), ගේ (gē)

Borrowed terms

• → Tamil: கேகம் (kēkam)
• → Bengali: গেহ (gehô) (learned)
• → Braj: गेह (geh) (learned)
• → Hindi: गेह (geh) (learned)
• → Malayalam: ഗേഹം (gēhaṁ) (learned)
• → Marathi: गेह (geh) (learned)
• → Telugu: గేహము (gēhamu), గేహం (gēhaṁ) (learned)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “geha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 228