गण
Hindi
Pronunciation
Noun
गण • (gaṇ) m
Declension
Declension of गण (masc cons-stem)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
गण m
- Devanagari script form of gaṇa
Declension
Declension table of "गण" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | गणो (gaṇo) | गणा (gaṇā) |
Accusative (second) | गणं (gaṇaṃ) | गणे (gaṇe) |
Instrumental (third) | गणेन (gaṇena) | गणेहि (gaṇehi) or गणेभि (gaṇebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | गणस्स (gaṇassa) or गणाय (gaṇāya) or गणत्थं (gaṇatthaṃ) | गणानं (gaṇānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | गणस्मा (gaṇasmā) or गणम्हा (gaṇamhā) or गणा (gaṇā) | गणेहि (gaṇehi) or गणेभि (gaṇebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | गणस्स (gaṇassa) | गणानं (gaṇānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | गणस्मिं (gaṇasmiṃ) or गणम्हि (gaṇamhi) or गणे (gaṇe) | गणेसु (gaṇesu) |
Vocative (calling) | गण (gaṇa) | गणा (gaṇā) |
Sanskrit
Etymology
From गण् (gaṇ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γών (agṓn) and ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́), and Latin grex.
Pronunciation
Noun
गण • (gaṇá) stem, m
- a flock, troop, multitude, number, tribe, series, class (of animate or inanimate beings), body of followers or attendants
- (Hinduism) troops or classes of inferior deities (especially certain troops of demi-gods considered as Shiva's attendants and under the special superintendence of the god Ganesha)
- a company, any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims
- a small body of troops (= 3 गुल्मs or 27 chariots and as many elephants, 81 horses, and 135 foot)
- (astronomy) a series or group of asterisms or lunar mansions classed under three heads (that of the gods, that of the men, and that of the राक्षसs)
- (arithmetic) a number
- (grammar) a series of roots or words following the same rule and called after the first word of the series (e.g. अद्-आदि, the g. अद् &c. or the whole series of roots of the 2nd class ; गर्गादि, the g. गर्ग &c. or the series of words commencing with गर्ग)
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of गण (gaṇá) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | गणः gaṇáḥ |
गणौ / गणा¹ gaṇaú / gaṇā́¹ |
गणाः / गणासः¹ gaṇā́ḥ / gaṇā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | गण gáṇa |
गणौ / गणा¹ gáṇau / gáṇā¹ |
गणाः / गणासः¹ gáṇāḥ / gáṇāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | गणम् gaṇám |
गणौ / गणा¹ gaṇaú / gaṇā́¹ |
गणान् gaṇā́n |
Instrumental | गणेन gaṇéna |
गणाभ्याम् gaṇā́bhyām |
गणैः / गणेभिः¹ gaṇaíḥ / gaṇébhiḥ¹ |
Dative | गणाय gaṇā́ya |
गणाभ्याम् gaṇā́bhyām |
गणेभ्यः gaṇébhyaḥ |
Ablative | गणात् gaṇā́t |
गणाभ्याम् gaṇā́bhyām |
गणेभ्यः gaṇébhyaḥ |
Genitive | गणस्य gaṇásya |
गणयोः gaṇáyoḥ |
गणानाम् gaṇā́nām |
Locative | गणे gaṇé |
गणयोः gaṇáyoḥ |
गणेषु gaṇéṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0343.
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