गगन

See also: गिगन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गगन (gagana).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡə.ɡən/, [ɡɐ.ɡɐ̃n]

Noun

गगन • (gagan) m (Urdu spelling گگن)

  1. (poetic) sky
    Synonyms: आकाश (ākāś), आसमान (āsmān)

Declension

Declension of गगन (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct गगन
gagan 		गगन
gagan
oblique गगन
gagan 		गगनों
gaganõ
vocative गगन
gagan 		गगनो
gagano

Derived terms

  • गगनचर (gagancar)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गगन (gagana). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘐𑘐𑘡 (gagana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡə.ɡən/
  • Hyphenation: ग‧गन
  • Rhymes: -ən

Noun

गगन • (gagan) n (literary, poetic)

  1. the sky, firmament
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आभाळ

Declension

Declension of गगन (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular 		गगन
gagan
direct
plural 		गगने, गगनं
gagne, gagna
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा 		गगन
gagan 		गगने, गगनं
gagne, gagna
oblique
सामान्यरूप 		गगना
gagnā 		गगनां-
gagnān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी 		गगनाला
gagnālā 		गगनांना
gagnānnā
ergative गगनाने, गगनानं
gagnāne, gagnāna 		गगनांनी
gagnānnī
instrumental गगनाशी
gagnāśī 		गगनांशी
gagnānśī
locative
सप्तमी 		गगनात
gagnāt 		गगनांत
gagnāt
vocative
संबोधन 		गगना
gagnā 		गगनांनो
gagnānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of गगन (neut cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म 		feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म 		neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म 		oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन 		singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन 		singular*
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता 		गगनाचा
gagnāċā 		गगनाचे
gagnāċe 		गगनाची
gagnācī 		गगनाच्या
gagnācā 		गगनाचे, गगनाचं
gagnāċe, gagnāċa 		गगनाची
gagnācī 		गगनाच्या
gagnācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता 		गगनांचा
gagnānċā 		गगनांचे
gagnānċe 		गगनांची
gagnāñcī 		गगनांच्या
gagnāncā 		गगनांचे, गगनांचं
gagnānċe, gagnānċa 		गगनांची
gagnāñcī 		गगनांच्या
gagnāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

Proper noun

गगन • (gagan) m

  1. a male given name from Sanskrit

References

  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गगन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गगन”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गगन (gagana).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʌɡ̞ʌn]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: गगन्

Noun

गगन • (gagan)

  1. sky
    Synonyms: आकाश (ākāś), अकास (akās), अस्मान (asmān)
  2. air
  3. heaven

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • गगण (gagaṇa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • গগন (Assamese script)
  • ᬕᬕᬦ (Balinese script)
  • গগন (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰐𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑀕𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • ဂဂန (Burmese script)
  • ગગન (Gujarati script)
  • ਗਗਨ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌗𑌗𑌨 (Grantha script)
  • ꦒꦒꦤ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂏𑂏𑂢 (Kaithi script)
  • ಗಗನ (Kannada script)
  • គគន (Khmer script)
  • ຄຄນ (Lao script)
  • ഗഗന (Malayalam script)
  • ᡤᠠᡤᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘐𑘐𑘡 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠠᠺᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦰𑦰𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑐐𑐣 (Newa script)
  • ଗଗନ (Odia script)
  • ꢔꢔꢥ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆓𑆤 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖐𑖡 (Siddham script)
  • ගගන (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩞𑩞𑩯 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚌𑚌𑚝 (Takri script)
  • க³க³ந (Tamil script)
  • గగన (Telugu script)
  • คคน (Thai script)
  • ག་ག་ན (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒑𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨍𑨍𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin.[1] Mayrhofer rejects an earlier theory deriving the word from an earlier unattested *ग-गण (*ga-gaṇa, “filled with wandering troops (i.e. clouds in the sky)”), a reduplicative formation from गम् (gam, “to go”), and proposes no alternative etymology.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

गगन • (gagana) stem, n

  1. the atmosphere, sky, firmament

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of गगन
singular dual plural
nominative गगनम् (gáganam) गगने (gágane) गगनानि (gáganāni)
गगना¹ (gáganā¹)
accusative गगनम् (gáganam) गगने (gágane) गगनानि (gáganāni)
गगना¹ (gáganā¹)
instrumental गगनेन (gáganena) गगनाभ्याम् (gáganābhyām) गगनैः (gáganaiḥ)
गगनेभिः¹ (gáganebhiḥ¹)
dative गगनाय (gáganāya) गगनाभ्याम् (gáganābhyām) गगनेभ्यः (gáganebhyaḥ)
ablative गगनात् (gáganāt) गगनाभ्याम् (gáganābhyām) गगनेभ्यः (gáganebhyaḥ)
genitive गगनस्य (gáganasya) गगनयोः (gáganayoḥ) गगनानाम् (gáganānām)
locative गगने (gágane) गगनयोः (gáganayoḥ) गगनेषु (gáganeṣu)
vocative गगन (gágana) गगने (gágane) गगनानि (gáganāni)
गगना¹ (gáganā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • → Hindi: गगन (gagan)
  • → Kannada: ಗಗನ (gagana)
  • → Nepali: गगन (gagan)
  • → Old Marathi: 𑘐𑘐𑘡 (gagana)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) “gágana-”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 457
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) “gagaṇam, gaganam”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 313

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