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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গণ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬡ᭄ (Balinese script)
- গণ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰜𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀡𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဂဏ် (Burmese script)
- ગણ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਣ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌣𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦟ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂝𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಣ್ (Kannada script)
- គណ៑ (Khmer script)
- ຄຓ຺ (Lao script)
- ഗണ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᢏ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘜𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᢏ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑦼𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐞𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଗଣ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢠ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆟𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖜𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ගණ් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩪 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚘𑚶 (Takri script)
- க³ண் (Tamil script)
- గణ్ (Telugu script)
- คณฺ (Thai script)
- ག་ཎ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒝𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨘𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Derived from Prakrit. Mayrhofer and Turner both reconstruct an original -ṛ- vowel to account for the variance of this root's -a- for -i- and -u- in the descendants.
Beyond this, the derivation is unclear. Turner connects it to Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls out, invokes”), from गॄ (gṝ), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to praise, greet”). Mayrhofer connects it to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”), whence also ग्राम (grāma). If so, cognates include Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γών (agṓn) and ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́), and Latin grex.
Pronunciation
Root
गण् • (gaṇ)
- to count, calculate
Derived terms
- गणित (gaṇita, Past Participle)
- गणय्य (gaṇayya, Gerund)
- गणेय (gaṇeya, Gerundive)
- गणनीय (gaṇanīya, Gerundive)
- गणितव्य (gaṇitavya, Gerundive)
- गण्य (gaṇya, Gerundive)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गण्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0342.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 513