As a Hindi name
गाह · gāh · s.m.
A rapacious aquatic animal; a crocodile; an alligator; a shark, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 894
गाह · noun · masculine
गहन । दुर्गम · वह जो अवगाहन करे । अवगाहन करनेवाला मनुष्य — Śabdasāgara
गाह · adj
गाहन या अवगाहन करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
गाह · masculine
place; time, occasion.
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian گاه (gāh).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
depth, interior, innermost recess
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M3 · meaning shifts "gāha" is derived from "gāh" with the aṇ/añ suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
gāh (cf. √ gādh) cl. 1. Ā. gāhate (ep. also P. ˚hati; perf. jagāhe fut. 2nd gāhiṣyate [fut. 1st -gāhitā, or -gāḍhā, Kāś. on Pāṇ. vii, 2, 44]; aor. agāhiṣṭa [Bhaṭṭ. xv, 59] or agāḍha, Pāṇ. viii, 3, 13, Sch. [not in Kāś.]; inf. gāhitum) to dive into, bathe in, plunge into (acc.), penetrate, enter deeply into (acc.), AitBr. iii, 48, 9; TāṇḍyaBr. xiv f.; Kauś.; MBh. &c. (with kakṣām, ‘to be a match for (gen.)’, Vcar. ii, 11); to roam, range, rove, Megh. 49; Pāṇ. ii, 4, 30, Kāś.; Bhaṭṭ.; to be absorbed in (acc.), Kum. v, 46.
gāh 1 A. [gāhate, jagāhe, agāhiṣṭa, agāḍha, gāhituṃ, gāḍhuṃ, gāḍha or gāhita] 1 To dive or plunge into, bathe, immerse oneself into (as water); gāhaṃtāṃ mahiṣā nipānasalilaṃ śṛṃgairmuhustāḍitaṃ Ś. 2. 6; gāhitāse'tha puṇyasya gaṃgāmūrtimiva drutāṃ Bk. 22. 11, 14. 67; (fig. also); manastu me saṃśayameva gāhate Ku. 5. 46 is plunged into or entertains doubt. 2 To enter deeply into, penetrate, roam or range over; gāhitamakhilaṃ gahanaṃ Bv. 1. 21; kadācitkānanaṃ jagāhe K. 58; ūnaṃ na sattveṣvadhiko babādhe tasminvanaṃ goptari gāhamāne R. 2. 14; Me. 48; H. 1. 171; Ki. 13. 24. 3 To stir up, agitate, shake, churn. 4 To be absorbed in (with loc.). 5 To hide oneself in. 6 To destroy. WITH saṃ to enter, go to or into, penetrate into; samagāhiṣṭa cāṃbaraṃ Bk. 15. 59.
gāha mfn. (g. pacādi) ifc. ‘diving into’, see uda-, udaka-
gāha m. depth, interior, innermost recess, RV. ix, 110, 8
Dictionary citations
gāha mfn. (g. pacādi) ifc. ‘diving into’, see uda-, udaka-
gāha m. depth, interior, innermost recess, RV. ix, 110, 8
gāha a. [gāh-ghañ] Diving into, bathing. — haḥ 1 Diving into, plunging, bathing. 2 Depth, interior.
gāha (ū) gāhū r. 1st cl. (gāhate) 1 To churn, to stir or agitate. 2 To penetrate. 3 To destroy. With ava or vi prefixed, To bathe, to perform ablutions. With vi, To shake, to agitate.
gāh (cf. √ gādh) cl. 1. Ā. gāhate (ep. also P. ˚hati; perf. jagāhe fut. 2nd gāhiṣyate [fut. 1st -gāhitā, or -gāḍhā, Kāś. on Pāṇ. vii, 2, 44]; aor. agāhiṣṭa [Bhaṭṭ. xv, 59] or agāḍha, Pāṇ. viii, 3, 13, Sch. [not in Kāś.]; inf. gāhitum) to dive into, bathe in, plunge into (acc.), penetrate, enter deeply into (acc.), AitBr. iii, 48, 9; TāṇḍyaBr. xiv f.; Kauś.; MBh. &c. (with kakṣām, ‘to be a match for (gen.)’, Vcar. ii, 11); to roam, range, rove, Megh. 49; Pāṇ. ii, 4, 30, Kāś.; Bhaṭṭ.; to be absorbed in (acc.), Kum. v, 46.
gāh 1 A. [gāhate, jagāhe, agāhiṣṭa, agāḍha, gāhituṃ, gāḍhuṃ, gāḍha or gāhita] 1 To dive or plunge into, bathe, immerse oneself into (as water); gāhaṃtāṃ mahiṣā nipānasalilaṃ śṛṃgairmuhustāḍitaṃ Ś. 2. 6; gāhitāse'tha puṇyasya gaṃgāmūrtimiva drutāṃ Bk. 22. 11, 14. 67; (fig. also); manastu me saṃśayameva gāhate Ku. 5. 46 is plunged into or entertains doubt. 2 To enter deeply into, penetrate, roam or range over; gāhitamakhilaṃ gahanaṃ Bv. 1. 21; kadācitkānanaṃ jagāhe K. 58; ūnaṃ na sattveṣvadhiko babādhe tasminvanaṃ goptari gāhamāne R. 2. 14; Me. 48; H. 1. 171; Ki. 13. 24. 3 To stir up, agitate, shake, churn. 4 To be absorbed in (with loc.). 5 To hide oneself in. 6 To destroy. WITH saṃ to enter, go to or into, penetrate into; samagāhiṣṭa cāṃbaraṃ Bk. 15. 59.
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