गान
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गान (gāna). Doublet of गाना (gānā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɡɑːn/, [ɡä̃ːn]
Noun
गान • (gān) m (Urdu spelling گان)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | गान gān |
गान gān |
| oblique | गान gān |
गानों gānõ |
| vocative | गान gān |
गानो gāno |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গান (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- গান (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ဂါန (Burmese script)
- ગાન (Gujarati script)
- ਗਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಾನ (Kannada script)
- គាន (Khmer script)
- ຄານ (Lao script)
- ഗാന (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଗାନ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ගාන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
- க³ாந (Tamil script)
- గాన (Telugu script)
- คาน (Thai script)
- གཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root गै (gai, “to sing”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɑː.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɑː.n̪ɐ/
Noun
गान • (gāna) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गानम् (gānam) | गाने (gāne) | गानानि (gānāni) गाना¹ (gānā¹) |
| accusative | गानम् (gānam) | गाने (gāne) | गानानि (gānāni) गाना¹ (gānā¹) |
| instrumental | गानेन (gānena) | गानाभ्याम् (gānābhyām) | गानैः (gānaiḥ) गानेभिः¹ (gānebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गानाय (gānāya) | गानाभ्याम् (gānābhyām) | गानेभ्यः (gānebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गानात् (gānāt) | गानाभ्याम् (gānābhyām) | गानेभ्यः (gānebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गानस्य (gānasya) | गानयोः (gānayoḥ) | गानानाम् (gānānām) |
| locative | गाने (gāne) | गानयोः (gānayoḥ) | गानेषु (gāneṣu) |
| vocative | गान (gāna) | गाने (gāne) | गानानि (gānāni) गाना¹ (gānā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: gāna
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 352.
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “gāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.