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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit गणेश (Gaṇeśa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
गणेश • (gaṇeś) m (Urdu spelling گنیش)
- Ganesha
Declension
Declension of गणेश (sg-only masc cons-stem)
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singular
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direct
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गणेश gaṇeś
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oblique
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गणेश gaṇeś
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vocative
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गणेश gaṇeś
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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
Proper noun
गणेश • (gaṇeśá) stem, m
- Ganesha
- 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)
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