# गूथ
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* gūtha (Latin script)
* 𑀕𑀽𑀣 (Brahmi script)
* গূথ (Bengali script)
* ගූථ (Sinhalese script)
* ဂူထ or ၷူထ (Burmese script)
* คูถ or คูถะ (Thai script)
* ᨣᩪᨳ (Tai Tham script)
* ຄູຖ or ຄູຖະ (Lao script)
* គូថ (Khmer script)
* 𑄉𑄫𑄗 (Chakma script)

### Noun

गूथ n or m
* Devanagari script form of gūtha (“faeces”)

#### Declension

When masculine, the following three cases have some differences:

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* গূথ (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬹᬣ (Balinese script)
* গূথ (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰳𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀽𑀣 (Brahmi script)
* ဂူထ (Burmese script)
* ગૂથ (Gujarati script)
* ਗੂਥ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑍂𑌥 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦹꦡ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂴𑂟 (Kaithi script)
* ಗೂಥ (Kannada script)
* គូថ (Khmer script)
* ຄູຖ (Lao script)
* ഗൂഥ (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᡠᡠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘴𑘞 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠤᠤᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧕𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐹𑐠 (Newa script)
* ଗୂଥ (Odia script)
* ꢔꢹꢢ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆷𑆡 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖳𑖞 (Siddham script)
* ගූථ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩒𑩛𑩬 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚱𑚚 (Takri script)
* கூ³த² (Tamil script)
* గూథ (Telugu script)
* คูถ (Thai script)
* གཱུ་ཐ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒴𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨃𑨊𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *guHtʰás. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *govьno, Proto-Iranian *guHθáh (whence Avestan 𐬔𐬏𐬚𐬀 (gūθa), Persian گوه (guh)). The Sanskrit root is गू (gū) .

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɡuː.t̪ʰɐ/

### Noun

गूथ • (gūtha) stem, m or n (Classical Sanskrit)
* feces, excrement, ordure

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Dameli: gū
** Gawar-Bati: gū
** Khowar: گور (gūr)
** Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: گٕس (gụs)
    Devanagari script: गॖस (gụs)
** Phalura: گو (gū)
** Shumashti: gūi
** Wotapuri-Katarqalai: gū
** → Proto-Nuristani:
*** Ashkun: gū
*** Kamkata-viri: gü
*** Waigali: gū
* Pali: gūtha
** → Khmer: គូថ (kuut) (learned)
** → Thai: คูถ (kûut) (learned)
* Prakrit: 𑀕𑀽𑀳 (gūha)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani:
    Hindi: गुह (guh), गू (gū), गूह (gūh)
    Urdu: گوہ (gūh), گو (gū)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: গু (gu)
**** Bengali: গু (gu)
**** Bihari:
***** Bhojpuri: गूह (gūh)
**** Odia: ଗୁହ (guha), ଘୁଅ (ghua), ଗୁ (gu), ଗଅ (gaa), ଗଇ (gai)
**** Sylheti: ꠉꠥ (gu)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: गू (gū), गुहु (guhu)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Saraiki: گُھوں (ghūṉ), گُوں (gūṉ)
***** Punjabi: gū̃h
    Gurmukhi script: ਗੂੰਹ
    Shahmukhi script: گُون٘ہہ
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: gū̃hu
    Arabic script: گُوڻهُ
    Devanagari script: गूंहु
****** Jadgali: [script needed] (gū)
****** Kachchi: ગૂ (gū)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ގުއި (gui), ގޫ (gū)
**** Sinhalese: ගූ (gū)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Konkani: gū
    Devanagari script: गू
    Kannada script: ಗೂ
    Latin script: gu
**** Marathi: गू (gū)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: ગૂ (gū)
* → Odia: ଗୁଥ (gutha) (learned)
* → Sinhalese: ගූථ (gūtha) (learned)

### Further reading

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gūtha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 226
* Monier Williams (1899) “गूथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0361.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गूथ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 667
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “gūtha”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.