ग

ग U+0917, ग DEVANAGARI LETTER GA ← ख Devanagari घ →

• IPA^(key): /ɡə/

ग (ga)

1. the Devanagari script's voiced, unaspirated guttural consonant; g /g/

• (Devanagari script consonants) क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ ॸ,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ ॹ,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ ष़,‎ य़,‎ ॺ,‎ ऴ,‎ ॻ,‎ ॼ,‎ ॾ,‎ ॿ ^{(Category: Translingual letters)}

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ग • (ga)

1. The fifteenth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡə/,

ग • (ga)

1. the third consonant in Hindi

• (nuqta form): ग़ (ġa)
• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ फ़ ^{(Category: Hindi letters)}

• IPA^(key): /ɡə/

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ग • (ga)

1. The third consonant in Marathi.

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• Phonetic Devanagari: ग

ग • (ga)

1. The third consonant in Nepali.

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *-gʷh₂-ó-s;^[1] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ/

ग • (ga) stem (root गा)

1. (at the end of a compound) going, moving
2. (at the end of a compound) reaching to

• यानग (yānaga)
• शीघ्रग (śīghraga)
• दुर्ग (durgá, “difficult to approach”)
• सुग (sugá, “going well”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 341, column 2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ग”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan