ग्ना
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গ্না (Assamese script)
- ᬕ᭄ᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- গ্না (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰿𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁆𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဂ္နါ (Burmese script)
- ગ્ના (Gujarati script)
- ਗ੍ਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦒ꧀ꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂹𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಗ್ನಾ (Kannada script)
- គ្នា (Khmer script)
- ຄ຺ນາ (Lao script)
- ഗ്നാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧠𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑂𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଗ୍ନା (Odia script)
- ꢔ꣄ꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑇀𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖿𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ග්නා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞 𑪙𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚶𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- க்³நா (Tamil script)
- గ్నా (Telugu script)
- คฺนา (Thai script)
- གྣཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑓂𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑩇𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡnɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡn̪ɑː/
Noun
ग्ना • (gnā́) stem, f (Vedic gnáas)
Declension
| 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