Where does “गुहा” come from?

गुहा (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit गुह्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- — to hide, conceal.

गुहा (Sanskrit): hiding place, cave, cavern

Definitions

  1. hiding place, cave, cavern

Ancestry of “गुहा”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritगुह्a hiding place, cave, den, lair
2Proto-Indo-Iraniangʰawȷ́ʰ-to hide, conceal

Words derived from “गुहा”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian gʰawȷ́ʰ- →Every word from Sanskrit गुह् →
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