गान
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गान (gāna). Doublet of गाना (gānā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]गान • (gān) m (Urdu spelling گان)
Declension
[edit]Declension of गान (masc cons-stem)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- গান (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- গান (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဂါန (Burmese script)
- ગાન (Gujarati script)
- ਗਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಾನ (Kannada script)
- គាន (Khmer script)
- ຄານ (Lao script)
- ഗാന (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଗାନ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ගාන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
- க³ாந (Tamil script)
- గాన (Telugu script)
- คาน (Thai script)
- གཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From the root गै (gai, “to sing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]गान • (gāna) stem, n
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गानम् (gānam) | गाने (gāne) | गानानि (gānāni) गाना¹ (gānā¹) |
| vocative | गान (gāna) | गाने (gāne) | गानानि (gānāni) गाना¹ (gānā¹) |
| accusative | गानम् (gānam) | गाने (gāne) | गानानि (gānāni) गाना¹ (gānā¹) |
| instrumental | गानेन (gānena) | गानाभ्याम् (gānābhyām) | गानैः (gānaiḥ) गानेभिः¹ (gānebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गानाय (gānāya) | गानाभ्याम् (gānābhyām) | गानेभ्यः (gānebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गानात् (gānāt) | गानाभ्याम् (gānābhyām) | गानेभ्यः (gānebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गानस्य (gānasya) | गानयोः (gānayoḥ) | गानानाम् (gānānām) |
| locative | गाने (gāne) | गानयोः (gānayoḥ) | गानेषु (gāneṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]- Pali: gāna
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “गान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 352.
Further reading
[edit]- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “gāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *g⁽ʷ⁾eh₂-
- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
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- Hindi terms borrowed from Sanskrit
- Hindi learned borrowings from Sanskrit
- Hindi doublets
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
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- Hindi masculine consonant-stem nouns
- Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गै
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *g⁽ʷ⁾eh₂-
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- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit nouns
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- Sanskrit neuter nouns
- Sanskrit a-stem nouns