ग्ना

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gnáHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gnáHs, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷnéh₂-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬥𐬁 (gənā), English queen. Doublet of जनि (jáni).

Pronunciation

Noun

ग्ना • (gnā́) stemf (Vedic gnáas)

  1. wife
  2. divine female, a kind of goddess
  3. speech, voice

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of ग्ना
singular dual plural
nominative ग्नाः (gnā́ḥ) ग्नौ (gnaú)
ग्ना¹ (gnā́¹)
ग्नाः (gnā́ḥ)
accusative ग्नाम् (gnā́m) ग्नौ (gnaú)
ग्ना¹ (gnā́¹)
ग्नाः (gnā́ḥ)
ग्नः² (gnáḥ²)
instrumental ग्ना (gnā́) ग्नाभ्याम् (gnā́bhyām) ग्नाभिः (gnā́bhiḥ)
dative ग्ने (gné) ग्नाभ्याम् (gnā́bhyām) ग्नाभ्यः (gnā́bhyaḥ)
ablative ग्नः (gnáḥ) ग्नाभ्याम् (gnā́bhyām) ग्नाभ्यः (gnā́bhyaḥ)
genitive ग्नः (gnáḥ) ग्नोः (gnóḥ) ग्नानाम् (gnā́nām)
ग्नाम्² (gnā́m²)
locative ग्नि (gní) ग्नोः (gnóḥ) ग्नासु (gnā́su)
vocative ग्नाः (gnā́ḥ) ग्नौ (gnaú)
ग्ना¹ (gnā́¹)
ग्नाः (gnā́ḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Perhaps

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “ग्ना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 370, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “gnā́-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 503-504