Gatu, Gātu: 9 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGātu (गातु).—1 A song.
2) A singer.
3) A celestial chorister.
4) The male (Indian) cuckoo.
5) The large black bee. -Ved.
6) Going, motion; गातुं को अस्मिन् (gātuṃ ko asmin) Av.1.2.12.
7) Free place for moving.
8) The earth.
9) A refuge.
1) Way, course; देवा गातुविदो गातुं वित्त्वा गातुमित (devā gātuvido gātuṃ vittvā gātumita) Vāj.2.21.
11) Access, egress.
12) Progress, increase, welfare.
Derivable forms: gātuḥ (गातुः).
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Gātu (गातु).—
1) A song.
2) A singer.
3) A bee.
Derivable forms: gātuḥ (गातुः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGātu (गातु).—mfn. (-tuḥ-tuḥ-tu) Angry, wrathful. m.
(-tuḥ) 1. A Gand'harba or celestial quirister. 2. The Kokila or Indian cuckoo. 3. A large black bee. 4. A singer. E. gai to sing, Unadi affix tu.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGātu (गातु).—[gā + tu] (ved.), m. Motion, course (of life),
Gātu (गातु).—1. [masculine] ([feminine]) motion, course, way, path; progress, welfare, refuge, abode, space.
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Gātu (गातु).—2. [masculine] song or singer.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gātu (गातु):—[from gā] 1. gātu m. going, motion, unimpeded motion, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda x, 2, 12]
2) [v.s. ...] way, course, egress, access, [Ṛg-veda] (rarely f., [i, 136, 2 and v, 32, 10]), [Atharva-veda xiii; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā ii, 21]
3) [v.s. ...] progress, increase, welfare, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda ii; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa i]
4) [v.s. ...] free space for moving, place of abode (‘earth’ [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska]), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda x, xiii]
5) [v.s. ...] (for gātave See sub voce √1. gā; cf. ariṣṭa-g, tura-g, su-g.)
6) [from gā] 2. gātu m. a song, [Ṛg-veda]
7) [v.s. ...] a singer ([i, 100, 4. ?]), [Uṇādi-sūtra i, 73]
8) [v.s. ...] a Gandharva or celestial chorister, [ib.]
9) [v.s. ...] the male Koïl or Indian cuckoo, [ib.]
10) [v.s. ...] a bee, [ib.]
11) [v.s. ...] Name of a descendant of Atri (author of [Ṛg-veda v, 32]), [Ṛgveda-anukramaṇikā]
12) [v.s. ...] mfn. angry, wrathful, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) a etc. See √1. gā & 3. gā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryGātu (गातु):—(tuḥ) 2. m. A gandharba or celestial chorister, a singer; the cuckoo; large black bee. a. Angry.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusGāṭu (ಗಾಟು):—[noun] a pungent, irritating smell; acridity.
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Gāṭu (ಗಾಟು):—[noun] a watching, guarding; (?).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Gatukarisu, Gatuku, Gatumant, Gatumat, Gatumia, Gatunga, Gatupvava, Gatura, Gatuvid, Gatuy, Gatuya.
Ends with: Agatu, Arishtagatu, Bagatu, Bugatu, Egatu, Irgatu, Jagatu, Jigatu, Lagatu, Misuangatu, Ogatu, Pagatu, Sagatu, Sugatu, Tagatu, Tigatam, Togatu, Turagatu, Umgatu, Vegatu.
Full-text (+2): Turagatu, Arishtagatu, Gatuvid, Gatumat, Gantu, Gatumant, Gatraka, Sugatu, Gatrika, Gai, Pancangapatha, Gathin, Gatha, Gatuy, Gatar, Gatri, Gatra, Stuti, Visarjana, Atri.
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