গভীর

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit গভীর (gabhīra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gabʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷabʰrós. Doublet of গহির (gohir).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɡobʱiɾ/, [ɡobʱiɾ], [ɡoviɾ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɡobʱiɹ/, [ɡobʱiɹ], [ɡoviɹ]

Adjective

গভীর • (gobhir) (comparative আরও গভীর, superlative সবচেয়ে গভীর)

  1. deep
    গভীর জলের মাছ ― gobhir joler mach ― a cunning, secretive person (literally, “a deep-water fish”)
  2. hollow
  3. dense
  4. esoteric, profound
  5. low-pitched, grave

Noun

গভীর • (gobhir)

  1. deepest part, depths
  2. innermost part

Declension
Inflection of গভীর
nominative গভীর
góbhir
objective গভীর / গভীরকে
góbhir (semantically general or indefinite) / góbhirke (semantically definite)
genitive গভীরের
góbhirer
locative গভীরে
góbhire
Indefinite forms
nominative গভীর
góbhir
objective গভীর / গভীরকে
góbhir (semantically general or indefinite) / góbhirke (semantically definite)
genitive গভীরের
góbhirer
locative গভীরে
góbhire
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative গভীরটা , গভীরটি
góbhirṭa (colloquial), góbhirṭi (formal)		 গভীরগুলা, গভীরগুলো
góbhirgula (colloquial), góbhirgulo (formal)
objective গভীরটা, গভীরটি
góbhirṭa (colloquial), góbhirṭi (formal)		 গভীরগুলা, গভীরগুলো
góbhirgula (colloquial), góbhirgulo (formal)
genitive গভীরটার, গভীরটির
góbhirṭar (colloquial), góbhirṭir (formal)		 গভীরগুলার, গভীরগুলোর
góbhirgular (colloquial), góbhirgulor (formal)
locative গভীরটাতে / গভীরটায়, গভীরটিতে
góbhirṭate / góbhirṭay (colloquial), góbhirṭite (formal)		 গভীরগুলাতে / গভীরগুলায়, গভীরগুলোতে
góbhirgulate / góbhirgulay (colloquial), góbhirgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms
  • গভীরতা (gobhirota)
  • গভীরত্ব (gobhirotto)
  • গভীরভাবে (gobhirbhabe)

References
  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “গভীর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, গভীর, Government of Bangladesh
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