As a Hindi name
घाय · noun · masculine
[वि॰ घायल] घाव । जख्म — Śabdasāgara
घाय · ghāʼe · s.m.
= g̠hāʼo, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 930
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a rattling or gurgling or tinkling sound
Dictionary-attested — inflected form Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghāya" is the dative of "gha" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. gha the 4th consonant of the Sanskṛt alphabet (aspirate of the preceding).
2. gha ind. (used to lay stress on a word) at least, surely, verily, indeed, especially (= Gk. γε), RV.; AV. v, 13, 10 & 11; vi, 1, 3. In the Saṃhitā the final vowel is generally lengthened (ghā, cf. Pāṇ. vi, 3, 133)
Alternative readings
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