ग्ना

See also: गान, गानो, गानों, गाना, and गाने

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গ্না (Assamese script)
• ᬕ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
• গ্না (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဂ္နါ (Burmese script)
• ગ્ના (Gujarati script)
• ਗ੍ਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦒ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂹𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಗ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
• គ្នា (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ນາ (Lao script)
• ഗ്നാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଗ୍ନା (Odia script)
• ꢔ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ග‍්නා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞 𑪙𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚶𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
• க்³நா (Tamil script)
• గ్నా (Telugu script)
• คฺนา (Thai script)
• གྣཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑩇𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gnáHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gnáHs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷnéh₂-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬥𐬀 (gəna), English queen. Doublet of जनि (jáni).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡnɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡn̪ɑː/

Noun

ग्ना • (gnā́) stem, f (Vedic gnáas)

1. wife
2. divine female, a kind of goddess
3. speech, voice

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of ग्ना (gnā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ग्नाः gnā́ḥ	ग्नौ / ग्ना¹ gnaú / gnā́¹	ग्नाः gnā́ḥ
Vocative	ग्नाः gnā́ḥ	ग्नौ / ग्ना¹ gnaú / gnā́¹	ग्नाः gnā́ḥ
Accusative	ग्नाम् gnā́m	ग्नौ / ग्ना¹ gnaú / gnā́¹	ग्नाः / ग्नः² gnā́ḥ / gnáḥ²
Instrumental	ग्ना gnā́	ग्नाभ्याम् gnā́bhyām	ग्नाभिः gnā́bhiḥ
Dative	ग्ने gné	ग्नाभ्याम् gnā́bhyām	ग्नाभ्यः gnā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	ग्नः gnáḥ	ग्नाभ्याम् gnā́bhyām	ग्नाभ्यः gnā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	ग्नः gnáḥ	ग्नोः gnóḥ	ग्नानाम् / ग्नाम्² gnā́nām / gnā́m²
Locative	ग्नि gní	ग्नोः gnóḥ	ग्नासु gnā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Perhaps

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ग्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 370.