गञ्ज

See also: गञ्जा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gang- (“to mock”). Cognate with Ancient Greek γαγγαίνειν (gangaínein, “to laugh at, mock”), Old English canc (“jeering, scorn”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ/

Noun

गञ्ज • (gañja) stem, m

1. disrespect

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गञ्ज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 342.