গভীর

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit গভীর (gabhīra). Doublet of গম্ভীর (gombhir) and 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 gobhir
objective	গভীর / গভীরকে gobhir (semantically general or indefinite) / gobhirke (semantically definite)
genitive	গভীরের gobhirer
locative	গভীরে gobhire
	Indefinite forms
nominative	গভীর gobhir
objective	গভীর / গভীরকে gobhir (semantically general or indefinite) / gobhirke (semantically definite)
genitive	গভীরের gobhirer
locative	গভীরে gobhire
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	গভীরটা , গভীরটি gobhirṭa (colloquial), gobhirṭi (formal)		গভীরগুলা, গভীরগুলো gobhirgula (colloquial), gobhirgulo (formal)
objective	গভীরটা, গভীরটি gobhirṭa (colloquial), gobhirṭi (formal)		গভীরগুলা, গভীরগুলো gobhirgula (colloquial), gobhirgulo (formal)
genitive	গভীরটার, গভীরটির gobhirṭar (colloquial), gobhirṭir (formal)		গভীরগুলার, গভীরগুলোর gobhirgular (colloquial), gobhirgulor (formal)
locative	গভীরটাতে / গভীরটায়, গভীরটিতে gobhirṭate / gobhirṭay (colloquial), gobhirṭite (formal)		গভীরগুলাতে / গভীরগুলায়, গভীরগুলোতে gobhirgulate / gobhirgulay (colloquial), gobhirgulote (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 Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, গভীর, Government of Bangladesh