Goshta, Gōṣṭa, Goṣṭa: 5 definitions

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Goshta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Gōṣṭa and Goṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Gosta or Goshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

gōṣṭa (गोष्ट).—f (gōṣṭha S) A story, tale, apologue, anecdote. 2 (Freely.) A word, a syllable, an utterance, a sound. 3 A matter, affair, business, transaction, deed: also a circumstance, event, occurrence. 4 Case, condition, circumstances. Ex. śrīmanta lōka kitīhī kharca karōta tyāñcī gōṣṭa nirāḷī. ēkyā gōṣṭīnta At once; at one handling; smartly, briskly. gōṣṭī sāṅgaṇēṃ To converse, talk, chat.

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

gōṣṭa (गोष्ट).—f An old and by-gone matter.

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gōṣṭa (गोष्ट).—f A story. A word. A matter. Case. ēkyā gōṣṭīnta At once. gōṣṭī sāṅgaṇēṃ Converse, talk, chat.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English
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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Goṣṭa (गोष्ट):—[=go-ṣṭa] [from go] for 2. -ṣṭha q.v.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Gośta (गोश्त) [Also spelled gosht]:—(nm) flesh, meat; ~[khora] a meat-eater;—, [gāya kā] beef;—,[bheḍa /bakarī kā] mutton; —,[suara kā] pork; —, [hirana kā] venison.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

Gōsta (ಗೋಸ್ತ):—[noun] = ಗೋಸ್ಥಾನ [gosthana].

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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