गो

Noun

गो • (go) m

1. a cow; an ox

Proper noun

गो • (go) m

1. (board games) Go

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gā́wṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊‎ (gao), Persian گاو‎ (gāv), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Latin bōs, Serbo-Croatian govedo), Old Armenian կով (kov), English cow.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ́w/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡoː/

Noun

गो • (gó) m, f

1. a cow
2. an ox
3. (in the plural) cattle, kine, herd of cattle
4. anything coming from or belonging to an ox or cow, milk (generally pl.), flesh, skin, hide, leather, strap of leather, bow-string, sinew
5. (in the plural) "the herds of the sky", the stars
6. (in the plural) rays of light
7. the sign Taurus
8. the sun
9. the moon
10. a kind of medicinal plant
11. a singer, praiser
12. "a goer", horse
13. the sun's ray called Sushumṇa
14. water BhP.
15. an organ of sense BhP.
16. the eye
17. a billion
18. the sky
19. the thunderbolt
20. the hairs of the body
21. an offering in the shape of a cow
22. a region of the sky
23. the earth (as the milk-cow of kings)
24. (hence) the number 'nine'
25. speech, Sarasvatī (goddess of speech)
26. voice, note

Derived terms

• गोकुल (gokula)
• गोक्षीर (gokṣīra)
• गोचर (gocara)
• गोत्र (gotra)
• गोदान (godāna)
• गोदावरी (godāvarī)
• गोपाल (gopāla)
• गोलोक (goloka)
• गोविन्द (govinda)

References

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 363