gopi
gopi noun: any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.
Noun
gopi (plural gopis)
- Any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.
- The gopis were, as usual, filling their pots with water on the banks of the Jamuna when the god with a thousand names took out a catapult and one by one broke the pots on their heads and ogled at the drenched ladies.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 413
gopi meaning in Hindi, Gujarati and Sanskrit
gopi in Hindi
- gopi
- गोपी gopī
gopi in Gujarati
- gopi
- ગોપી gopī
gopi in Sanskrit
- gopi
- गोपी gopī
Forms of gopi
| plural | gopis |
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Origin of gopi
From Sanskrit गोपी (gopī).
Words that rhyme with gopi
Questions about gopi
- What does gopi mean?
- Gopi means any of the milkmaids that were companions of Krishna in Indian mythology.
- What is gopi in Hindi?
- Gopi in Hindi is गोपी (gopī). See Gopi meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gopi?
- Gopi is a noun.
- What is the plural of gopi?
- The plural of gopi is gopis.
Words near gopi in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gopi (page history and authors); गोपी (Hindi) (page history and authors); ગોપી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); गोपी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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