गोपाल

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit गोपाल (gopāla). Doublet of ग्वाला (gvālā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡoː.pɑːl/, [ɡoː.päːl̪]

Proper noun

गोपाल • (gopāl) m

  1. a male given name, Gopal, from Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬕᭀᬧᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
  • গোপাল (Assamese script)
  • গোপাল (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰺𑰢𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑁄𑀧𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌗𑍋𑌪𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
  • ગોપાલ (Gujarati script)
  • ਗੋਪਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦒꦺꦴꦥꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
  • គោបាល (Khmer script)
  • ಗೋಪಾಲ (Kannada script)
  • ໂຄປາລ (Lao script)
  • ഗോപാല (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘐𑘻𑘢𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢒᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡤᠣᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ဂေါပါလ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦰𑧜𑧂𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑑀𑐥𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
  • ଗୋପାଲ (Oriya script)
  • ꢔꣂꢦꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆾𑆥𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖺𑖢𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
  • ගෝපාල (Sinhalese script)
  • గోపాల (Telugu script)
  • โคปาล (Thai script)
  • གོ་པཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒼𑒣𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Compound of गो (gó, “cow, cattle, kine”) + पाल (pāla, “protector, guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷów- and *peh₂-los respectively.

Pronunciation

Noun

गोपाल • (gopālá) m

  1. a cowherd
    • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā)
    • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 4.1.5:
      शर्यातो ह वा ईक्षां चक्रे । यत्किमकरं तस्मादिदमापदीति स गोपालांश्चाविपालांश्च संह्वयितवा उवाच । स होवाच । को वोऽद्येह किंचिदद्राक्षीदिति ते होचुः पुरुष एवायं जीर्णिः कृत्यारूपः शेते तमनर्थ्यं मन्यमानाः कुमारा लोष्टैर्व्यपिक्षन्निति स विदांचकार स वै च्यवन इति ।
      śaryāto ha vā īkṣāṃ cakre . yatkimakaraṃ tasmādidamāpadīti sa gopālāṃścāvipālāṃśca saṃhvayitavā uvāca . sa hovāca . ko voʼdyeha kiṃcidadrākṣīditi te hocuḥ puruṣa evāyaṃ jīrṇiḥ kṛtyārūpaḥ śete tamanarthyaṃ manyamānāḥ kumārā loṣṭairvyapikṣanniti sa vidāṃcakāra sa vai cyavana iti .
      Śaryāta then bethought him, "This has come to pass for something or other I have done!" He called the cowherds and shepherds together, and said: "Which of you has seen anything here to-day?" They said, "Yonder lies a man, decrepit and ghostlike: him the boys have pelted with clods, setting him at nought." Then Śaryāta knew that this was Cyavana.

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of गोपाल (gopālá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गोपालः
gopāláḥ		 गोपालौ
gopālaú		 गोपालाः / गोपालासः¹
gopālā́ḥ / gopālā́saḥ¹
Vocative गोपाल
gópāla		 गोपालौ
gópālau		 गोपालाः / गोपालासः¹
gópālāḥ / gópālāsaḥ¹
Accusative गोपालम्
gopālám		 गोपालौ
gopālaú		 गोपालान्
gopālā́n
Instrumental गोपालेन
gopāléna		 गोपालाभ्याम्
gopālā́bhyām		 गोपालैः / गोपालेभिः¹
gopālaíḥ / gopālébhiḥ¹
Dative गोपालाय
gopālā́ya		 गोपालाभ्याम्
gopālā́bhyām		 गोपालेभ्यः
gopālébhyaḥ
Ablative गोपालात्
gopālā́t		 गोपालाभ्याम्
gopālā́bhyām		 गोपालेभ्यः
gopālébhyaḥ
Genitive गोपालस्य
gopālásya		 गोपालयोः
gopāláyoḥ		 गोपालानाम्
gopālā́nām
Locative गोपाले
gopālé		 गोपालयोः
gopāláyoḥ		 गोपालेषु
gopāléṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Pali: gopāla
  • Niya Prakrit: 𐨒𐨆𐨬𐨫‎ (govala)
  • Prakrit: 𑀕𑁄𑀯𑀸𑀮 (govāla), 𑀕𑁄𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀅 (govālaa)
  • → Kannada: ಗೋಪಾಲ (gōpāla)
  • → Tamil: கோபாலன் (kōpālaṉ)
  • → Telugu: గోపాలుడు (gōpāluḍu)
  • → Thai: โคบาล

References
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