gandha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• गन्ध (Devanagari script)
• গন্ধ (Bengali script)
• ගන්‍ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂန္ဓ or ၷၼ္ꩪ or ၷၼ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• คนฺธ or คันธะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᨶ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄນ຺ຘ or ຄັນຘະ (Lao script)
• គន្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄚𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha).

Noun

gandha m

1. odor, scent, perfume

Declension

Declension table of "gandha" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gandho	gandhā
Accusative (second)	gandhaṃ	gandhe
Instrumental (third)	gandhena	gandhehi or gandhebhi
Dative (fourth)	gandhassa or gandhāya or gandhatthaṃ	gandhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gandhasmā or gandhamhā or gandhā	gandhehi or gandhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	gandhassa	gandhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gandhasmiṃ or gandhamhi or gandhe	gandhesu
Vocative (calling)	gandha	gandhā

Derived terms

• gandhakuṭi

Descendants

• → Khmer: គន្ធ (kŭən)
• → Thai: คันธะ (kan-tá)
• → Tocharian B: gandha

Tocharian B

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha).

Noun

gandha ?

1. perfume

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “gandha”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 264