गा

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː/, [ɡäː]

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गा • (gā)

1. inflection of गाना (gānā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular present imperative

• IPA^(key): [ɡä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गा

गा • (gā)

1. low-respectful second-person singular imperative of गाउनु (gāunu)

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• IPA^(key): [ɡa]

गा • (gā)

1. trench

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gaH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to step”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː/

गा • (gā)

1. to go, go towards, come, approach
2. to go after, pursue

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Derived Nominal Forms

• Monier Williams (1899) “गा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 352.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 35