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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गान (gāna). Doublet of गाना (gānā).
Pronunciation
Noun
गान • (gān) m (Urdu spelling گان)
- song, singing
Declension
Declension of गान (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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गान
gān
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गान
gān
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| oblique
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गान
gān
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गानों
gānõ
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| vocative
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गान
gān
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गानो
gāno
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References
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
Noun
गान • (gāna) stem, n
- song, singing
- sound
Declension
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “gāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.