गा
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡɑː/, [ɡäː]
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Verb
गा • (gā)
- inflection of गाना (gānā):
- stem
- second-person singular present imperative
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡä]
- Phonetic Devanagari: गा
Verb
गा • (gā)
- low-respectful second-person singular imperative of गाउनु (gāunu)
Newar
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡa]
Noun
गा • (gā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গা (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬵ (Balinese script)
- গা (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဂါ (Burmese script)
- ગા (Gujarati script)
- ਗਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಾ (Kannada script)
- គា (Khmer script)
- ຄາ (Lao script)
- ഗാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଗା (Odia script)
- ꢔꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ගා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚭 (Takri script)
- க³ா (Tamil script)
- గా (Telugu script)
- คา (Thai script)
- གཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaH-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to step”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɑː/
Root
गा • (gā)
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गा (1 c, 4 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गा (3 c, 0 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- गीयते (gīyáte) (Passive)
- अगायि (ágāyi) (Passive)
- गापयति (gāpáyati) (Causative)
- अजीगपत् (ájīgapat) (Causative)
- जिगीषति (jigīṣati) (Desiderative)
- जेगीयते (jegīyate) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- गातवे (gā́tave) (Infinitive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 352.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 35