गुण

See also: गण, गण्, and गुणा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गुण (guṇá).

Noun

गुण • (guṇ) m

1. quality, condition

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   उसके कोई अच्छे गुण हैं ही नहीं।

   uske koī acche guṇ ha͠i hī nahī̃.

   He has no good qualities at all.

2. characteristic
3. merit, virtue

Alternative forms

• गुन (gun) — Braj Bhāshā, dated

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Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गुण (guṇá).

Noun

गुण • (guṇa) m

1. virtue

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• guṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• গুণ (Bengali script)
• ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂုဏ or ၷုꧣ (Burmese script)
• คุณ or คุณะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩩᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຸຓ or ຄຸຓະ (Lao script)
• គុណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄪𑄕 (Chakma script)

Noun

गुण m

1. Devanagari script form of guṇa

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গুণ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬸᬡ (Balinese script)
• গুণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰲𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀼𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဂုဏ (Burmese script)
• ગુણ (Gujarati script)
• ਗੁਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍁𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦸꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂳𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಗುಣ (Kannada script)
• គុណ (Khmer script)
• ຄຸຓ (Lao script)
• ഗുണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘳𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠤᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧔𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐸𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଗୁଣ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢸꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆶𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖲𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ගුණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩒𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚰𑚘 (Takri script)
• கு³ண (Tamil script)
• గుణ (Telugu script)
• คุณ (Thai script)
• གུ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒳𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨃𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡu.ɳɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.ɳɐ/

Noun

गुण • (guṇá) stem, m

1. use
2. talent
3. virtue
4. quality, merit
5. secondary element

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गुण (guṇá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गुणः guṇáḥ	गुणौ / गुणा¹ guṇaú / guṇā́¹	गुणाः / गुणासः¹ guṇā́ḥ / guṇā́saḥ¹
Vocative	गुण gúṇa	गुणौ / गुणा¹ gúṇau / gúṇā¹	गुणाः / गुणासः¹ gúṇāḥ / gúṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गुणम् guṇám	गुणौ / गुणा¹ guṇaú / guṇā́¹	गुणान् guṇā́n
Instrumental	गुणेन guṇéna	गुणाभ्याम् guṇā́bhyām	गुणैः / गुणेभिः¹ guṇaíḥ / guṇébhiḥ¹
Dative	गुणाय guṇā́ya	गुणाभ्याम् guṇā́bhyām	गुणेभ्यः guṇébhyaḥ
Ablative	गुणात् guṇā́t	गुणाभ्याम् guṇā́bhyām	गुणेभ्यः guṇébhyaḥ
Genitive	गुणस्य guṇásya	गुणयोः guṇáyoḥ	गुणानाम् guṇā́nām
Locative	गुणे guṇé	गुणयोः guṇáyoḥ	गुणेषु guṇéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: guṇa
  • → Burmese: ဂုဏ် (gun)
• → English: guna
• → Khmer: គុណ (kun)
• → Malay: guna
• → Telugu: గుణము (guṇamu)
• → Thai: คุณ (kun)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गुण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0357.