genta

See also: Genta

English

Noun

genta

1. (medicine, colloquial) Gentamicin.

Anagrams

• Agent, Tegan, agent, ganté

Faroese

Ingálvur av Reyni: Genta (girl), 1986, 80x65 cm

Etymology

From Old Norse genta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛn̥ta/
• (some speakers in Suðuroy) IPA^(key): /ˈjɛn̥ta/

Noun

genta f (genitive singular gentu, plural gentur)

1. girl
2. young woman
3. maid
4. daughter

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	genta	gentan	gentur	genturnar
accusative	gentu	gentuna	gentur	genturnar
dative	gentu	gentuni	gentum	gentunum
genitive	gentu	gentunnar	genta	gentanna

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay genta (“bell”), from Sanskrit घण्टा (ghaṇṭā, “bell”). Compare Hindi घंटा (ghaṇṭā) / Urdu گَھنْٹَہ (ghanṭa) and Punjabi گَھنْٹا (ghanṭā) / ਘੰਟਾ (ghaṇṭā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡənta/
• Hyphenation: gên‧ta

Noun

gênta

1. bell

   Synonyms: bel, lonceng

Derived terms

• menggenta

Further reading

• “genta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

genta f (genitive gentu)

1. girl, lass

Declension

Declension of genta (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	genta	gentan	gentur	genturnar
accusative	gentu	gentuna	gentur	genturnar
dative	gentu	gentunni	gentum	gentunum
genitive	gentu	gentunnar	gentna	gentnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: genta
• Faroese: genta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjenta, gjente, jente; (dialectal) ginte
• Norwegian Bokmål: jente
• Swedish: jänta; (dialectal) jent

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “genta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive