गा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː/, [ɡäː]

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Verb

गा • (gā)

1. inflection of गाना (gānā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गा

Verb

गा • (gā)

1. low-respectful second-person singular imperative of गाउनु (gāunu)

Newar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa]

Noun

गा • (gā)

1. trench

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গা (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬵ (Balinese script)
• গা (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဂါ (Burmese script)
• ગા (Gujarati script)
• ਗਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಾ (Kannada script)
• គា (Khmer script)
• ຄາ (Lao script)
• ഗാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଗା (Odia script)
• ꢔꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ගා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚭 (Takri script)
• க³ா (Tamil script)
• గా (Telugu script)
• คา (Thai script)
• གཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to step”).

Pronunciation

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

Root

गा • (gā)

1. to go, go towards, come, approach
2. to go after, pursue

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गा‎ (0 c, 3 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• जिगाति (jígāti, Present)
• गाते (gāte, Present)
• गास्यति (gāsyati, Future)
• अगात् (ágāt, Aorist)
• जगौ (jagáu, Perfect)
• जगायात् (jagā́yāt, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• गीयते (gīyáte, Passive)
• अगायि (ágāyi, Passive)
• गापयति (gāpáyati, Causative)
• अजीगपत् (ájīgapat, Causative)
• जिगीषति (jigīṣati, Desiderative)
• जेगीयते (jegīyate, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• गातवे (gā́tave, Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• गातु (gātú)
• गात्र (gā́tra)
• प्रगामन् (pragāman)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 352.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 35