गम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• গম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဂမ် (Burmese script)
• ગમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಮ್ (Kannada script)
• គម៑ (Khmer script)
• ຄມ຺ (Lao script)
• ഗമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଗମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ගම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• க³ம் (Tamil script)
• గమ్ (Telugu script)
• คมฺ (Thai script)
• ག་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gam-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gam-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬨 (gam), Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), Old English cuman (whence English come).

Pronunciation

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

Root

गम् • (gam)

1. to go, move, come

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गम् (0 c, 20 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• गच्छति (gácchati, Present)
• गमति (gámati, Present)
• गन्ति (gánti, Present)
• गमिष्यति (gamiṣyáti, Future)
• गन्ता (gantā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अगमत् (ágamat, Aorist)
• अगन् (ágan, Aorist)
• अगंस्त (ágaṃsta, Aorist)
• गम्यात् (gamyā́t, Benedictive)
• जगाम (jagā́ma, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• गम्यते (gamyáte, Passive)
• अगामि (agāmi, Passive Aorist)
• अगमि (agami, Passive Aorist)
• गमयति (gamáyati, Causative)
• जिगमिषति (jigamiṣati, Desiderative)
• जिगांसति (jigāṃsati, Desiderative)
• गनीगन्ति (gánīganti, Intensive)
• जङ्गन्ति (jaṅganti, Intensive)
• जङ्गमीति (jaṅgamīti, Intensive)
• जङ्गम्यते (jaṅgamyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• गत (gatá, “gone, departed, deceased; gone by; come”)
• गन्तुम् (gántum, Infinitive)
• गन्तोस् (gántos, Infinitive)
• गन्तवे (gántave, Infinitive)
• गन्तवै (gántavái, Infinitive)
• गत्वा (gatvā́, Gerund)
• गत्वाय (gatvā́ya, Gerund)
• गत्वी (gatvī́, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• गति (gáti, “going”)
• जगत् (jágat, “moving, animal, world”)
• ग (ga, “going”)
• गङ्गा (gaṅgā, “swift-goer, the Ganges”)
• गच्छ (gaccha, “lineage”)
• गम (gama, “going, course”)
• गमिन् (gamin, “intending to go”)
• गम्य (gamya, “approachable, accessible”)
• गमन (gámana, “manner of going”)
• गमनीय (gamanīya, “accessible, approachable”)
• गमिष्ठ (gámiṣṭha, “most ready to go, most willing to come”)
• गमिष्णु (gamiṣṇú, “going”)
• अध्वगत् (adhvagat, “traveller”)
• सुगन्त्व (sugantva, “easily passed”)
• गन्तव्य (gantavya, “accomplished, attained”)
• गन्तृ (gantṛ, “goer, mover, comer”)
• पूर्वगत्वन् (pūrvagatvan, “going to meet”)
• गत्वर (gatvara, “going to a place”)
• गामिन् (gāmin, “going anywhere”)
• गामुक (gāmuka, “going”)
• पृथुग्मन् (pṛthugman, “broad-pathed”)
• गमयितृ (gamayitṛ, “causing to arrive at, leading to”)
• गमयितव्य (gamayitavya, “spent (time)”)
• जग्मि (jágmi, “going, being in constant motion”)
• जिगत्नु (jigatnú, “going quickly, fleet”)
• जङ्गम (jaṅgama, “moving, locomotive”)
• जङ्गमन (jaṅgamana, “course”)
• जिगमिषु (jigamiṣu, “intending to go”)
• दुर्ग (durga, “unattainable, difficult to approach”)
• दुर्गा (durgā, Durga; literally "difficult to approach")
• संगम (saṃgamá, “a coming together, union”)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अतिगम् (atigam)
• अधिगम् (adhigam)
• आगम् (āgam)
• अनुगम् (anugam)
• अन्तर्गम् (antargam)
• अपगम् (apagam)
• अपिगम् (apigam)
• अभिगम् (abhigam)
• अवगम् (avagam)
• उद्गम् (udgam)
• उपगम् (upagam)
• निगम् (nigam)
• निर्गम् (nirgam)
• परागम् (parāgam)
• परिगम् (parigam)
• प्रतिगम् (pratigam)
• प्रगम् (pragam)
• विगम् (vigam)
• संगम् (saṃgam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 346.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 34
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 465-466