गोदान
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- gift of a cow (, , )
Etymology
Compound from Sanskrit गो (cow, ox, etc, bull, cattle) + Sanskrit दान (giving, donation, charity, idem, generosity, cutting off).
Origin
Sanskrit
दान
Gloss
giving, donation, charity, idem, generosity, cutting off
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gurkha English
- *déh₃nom Proto-Indo-European
- 旦那 Japanese
- गविष्टि Sanskrit
- गो Sanskrit
- गोकुल Sanskrit
- गोधूम Sanskrit
- गोरूप Sanskrit
- गोविन्द Sanskrit
- गोष्ठ Sanskrit
- दा Sanskrit
- दान Sanskrit
- दानिनी Sanskrit
- दानिन् Sanskrit
- दान Hindi
- โค Thai
- โคมูตร Thai
- గో Telugu
- dana Malay
- 檀那 Chinese
- dāna Pali
- go Pali
- *dáHnam Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *gāuš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *gā́wš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- گائے Urdu
- ਗਾਂ Panjabi, Punjabi
- ಗೋವು Kannada
- गाए Old Marathi
- dāna Old Khmer
- दान Old Gujarati
- ᬤᬵᬦ Balinese
- गाय Bhojpuri
- ꠖꠣꠘ Sylheti
- गाई Doteli
- गाय Maithili