गान

See also: गाने, गायन, गानो, गानों, गाना, and ग्ना

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गान (gāna). Doublet of गाना (gānā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːn/, [ɡä̃ːn]

Noun

गान • (gān) m (Urdu spelling گان)

1. song, singing

Declension

Declension of गान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गान gān	गान gān
oblique	गान gān	गानों gānõ
vocative	गान gān	गानो gāno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গান (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• গান (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဂါန (Burmese script)
• ગાન (Gujarati script)
• ਗਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಾನ (Kannada script)
• គាន (Khmer script)
• ຄານ (Lao script)
• ഗാന (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଗାନ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ගාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• க³ாந (Tamil script)
• గాన (Telugu script)
• คาน (Thai script)
• གཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root गै (gai, “to sing”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

गान • (gāna) stem, n

1. song, singing
2. sound

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of गान (gāna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गानम् gānam	गाने gāne	गानानि / गाना¹ gānāni / gānā¹
Vocative	गान gāna	गाने gāne	गानानि / गाना¹ gānāni / gānā¹
Accusative	गानम् gānam	गाने gāne	गानानि / गाना¹ gānāni / gānā¹
Instrumental	गानेन gānena	गानाभ्याम् gānābhyām	गानैः / गानेभिः¹ gānaiḥ / gānebhiḥ¹
Dative	गानाय gānāya	गानाभ्याम् gānābhyām	गानेभ्यः gānebhyaḥ
Ablative	गानात् gānāt	गानाभ्याम् gānābhyām	गानेभ्यः gānebhyaḥ
Genitive	गानस्य gānasya	गानयोः gānayoḥ	गानानाम् gānānām
Locative	गाने gāne	गानयोः gānayoḥ	गानेषु gāneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: gāna

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 352.

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “gāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.