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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

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

Noun

genta (Jawi spelling ݢنتا, plural genta-genta or genta²)

1. large bells for use especially in clock towers, churches etc

   Near-synonyms: (smaller types) loceng, lonceng

2. (obsolete) clock

   Synonym: jam

Derived terms

• menggenta

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “ݢنتا gĕnta”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 106
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “ݢنت gĕnta”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 576
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “gĕnta”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 352

Further reading

• "genta" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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
  • → Danish: 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