गणेश
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गणेश (Gaṇeśa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡə.ɳeːʃ/, [ɡɐ.ɳeːʃ]
Proper noun
गणेश • (gaṇeś) m (Urdu spelling گنیش)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | गणेश gaṇeś |
| oblique | गणेश gaṇeś |
| vocative | गणेश gaṇeś |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গণেশ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬡᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
- গণেশ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰜𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
- ဂဏေၐ (Burmese script)
- ગણેશ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਣੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦟꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂝𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಣೇಶ (Kannada script)
- គណេឝ (Khmer script)
- ຄເຓຨ (Lao script)
- ഗണേശ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᢏᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘜𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᢏᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑦼𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐞𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
- ଗଣେଶ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢠꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆟𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖜𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
- ගණෙශ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩪𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚘𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
- க³ணேஶ (Tamil script)
- గణేశ (Telugu script)
- คเณศ (Thai script)
- ག་ཎེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒝𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨘𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of गण (ganá, “servants of Shiva”) + ईश (īśá, “lord, master”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐ.ɳeː.ɕɐ/
Proper noun
गणेश • (gaṇeśa) stem, m
- Ganesha
- Synonym: गणपति (gaṇapati)
- name of Shiva
- (in the plural) a class of siddhas (with śaivas)
- name of a renowned astronomer of the 16th century
- name of a son of Rāma-deva
- name of a son of Viśvanātha-dīkṣita and grandson of Bhāvarāma-kṛṣṇa (author of a commentary called Ciccandrikā)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गणेशः (gaṇeśaḥ) | गणेशौ (gaṇeśau) | गणेशाः (gaṇeśāḥ) |
| accusative | गणेशम् (gaṇeśam) | गणेशौ (gaṇeśau) | गणेशान् (gaṇeśān) |
| instrumental | गणेशेन (gaṇeśena) | गणेशाभ्याम् (gaṇeśābhyām) | गणेशैः (gaṇeśaiḥ) |
| dative | गणेशाय (gaṇeśāya) | गणेशाभ्याम् (gaṇeśābhyām) | गणेशेभ्यः (gaṇeśebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गणेशात् (gaṇeśāt) | गणेशाभ्याम् (gaṇeśābhyām) | गणेशेभ्यः (gaṇeśebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गणेशस्य (gaṇeśasya) | गणेशयोः (gaṇeśayoḥ) | गणेशानाम् (gaṇeśānām) |
| locative | गणेशे (gaṇeśe) | गणेशयोः (gaṇeśayoḥ) | गणेशेषु (gaṇeśeṣu) |
| vocative | गणेश (gaṇeśa) | गणेशौ (gaṇeśau) | गणेशाः (gaṇeśāḥ) |
Descendants
- → Assamese: গণেশ (gonex)
- → Bengali: গণেশ (goneś)
- → English: Ganesha
- → Hindi: गणेश (gaṇeś)
- → Japanese: ガネーシャ
- → Kannada: ಗಣೇಶ (gaṇēśa)
- → Malayalam: ഗണേശന് (gaṇēśanŭ)
- → Marathi: गणेश (gaṇeś)
- → Nepali: गणेश (gaṇeś)
- → Odia: ଗଣେଶ (gaṇeśa)
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑀡𑀯𑀇 (gaṇavaï)
- → Punjabi: ਗਣੇਸ਼ (gaṇeś)
- → Tamil: கணேசன் (kaṇēcaṉ)
- → Telugu: గణేశుడు (gaṇēśuḍu)
- → Thai: คเณศ (ká-nêet)
- → Urdu: گنیش
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गणेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 343, column 2.