गलगंड

Hindi

Alternative forms

• गलगण्ड (galgaṇḍ)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit गलगण्ड (galagaṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡəl.ɡəɳɖ/, [ɡɐl.ɡɐ̃ɳɖ]

Noun

गलगंड • (galgaṇḍ) m

1. (pathology) goitre

   Synonyms: घेघा (gheghā), गॉएटर (gŏeṭar)

Declension

Declension of गलगंड (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गलगंड galgaṇḍ	गलगंड galgaṇḍ
oblique	गलगंड galgaṇḍ	गलगंडों galgaṇḍõ
vocative	गलगंड galgaṇḍ	गलगंडो galgaṇḍo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “गलगंड”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1247
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 258
• 2006, Vimlesh Kumar Shastri, “गलगंड [galgaṇḍ]”, in हिंदी समांतर कोश (hindī samāntar koś) [Hindi parellel dictionary], Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 84: