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Burmese
Etymology
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Borrowed from Pali gaṅgā or Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā, literally “one who goes swiftly; one who flows rapidly”), from the verbal root गम् (gam, “to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come”) (whence Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), and English come).. Cognate with Khmer គង្គ (kŭəngkĕəʼ), គង្គា (kŭəngkiə); Lao ຄົງຄາ (khong khā), ກັງກາ (kang kā); Thai คงคา (kong-kaa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɪ̀ɴɡà/
- Romanization: MLCTS: gangga • ALA-LC: gaṅʻgā • BGN/PCGN: gin-ga • Okell: giñga
Noun
ဂင်္ဂါ • (gangga)
- (poetic) river
Synonyms
Proper noun
ဂင်္ဂါ • (gangga)
- Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)
- ဂင်္ဂါမြစ် ― gangga-mrac ― the Ganges river
Further reading
Pali
Proper noun
ဂင်္ဂါ f
- Burmese script form of gaṅgā (“Ganges”)
Declension
Declension table of "ဂင်္ဂါ" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | ဂင်္ဂါ (gaṅgā) |
| Accusative (second) | ဂင်္ဂံ (gaṅgaṃ) |
| Instrumental (third) | ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya) |
| Dative (fourth) | ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya) |
| Ablative (fifth) | ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya) |
| Genitive (sixth) | ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya) |
| Locative (seventh) | ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya) or ဂင်္ဂါယံ (gaṅgāyaṃ) |
| Vocative (calling) | ဂင်္ဂေ (gaṅge) |
Sanskrit
Proper noun
ဂင်္ဂါ • (gáṅgā) f
- Burmese script form of गङ्गा (“Ganges”, name of a river)