गण्

See also: गण, गुण, and गुणा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬡ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গণ্ (Assamese script)
• গণ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰜𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀡𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑌣𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ગણ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਣੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦒꦟ꧀ (Javanese script)
• គណ៑ (Khmer script)
• ಗಣ್ (Kannada script)
• ຄຓ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗണ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘐𑘜𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢏ (Mongolian script)
• ᡤᠠᢏ (Manchu script)
• ဂဏ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦰𑦼𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐞𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗଣ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢠ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆟𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖜𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ගණ් (Sinhalese script)
• గణ్ (Telugu script)
• คณฺ (Thai script)
• ག་ཎ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒝𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Possibly from or connected to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”). If so, cognates include Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γών (agṓn) and ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́), and Latin grex.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɳ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɳ/

Root

गण् • (gaṇ)

1. to count, calculate

Derived terms

• गण (gaṇa)
• गणक (gaṇaka)
• गणता (gaṇatā)
• गणत्व (gaṇatva)
• गणन (gaṇana)
• गणनीय (gaṇanīya)
• गणपति (gaṇapati)
• गणयति (gaṇayati)
• गणिका (gaṇikā)
• गणित (gaṇita)
• गणितव्य (gaṇitavya)
• गणेश (gaṇeśa)
• गणेशान (gaṇeśāna)
• गणेश्वर (gaṇeśvara)
• गण्य (gaṇya)
• नगण्य (nagaṇya)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गण्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0342.