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Pali
Proper noun गङ्गा f
Devanagari script form ofgaṅgā
Declension Declension table of "गङ्गा" (feminine)
Case \ Number Singular Nominative (first) गङ्गा ( gaṅgā ) Accusative (second) गङ्गं ( gaṅgaṃ ) Instrumental (third) गङ्गाय ( gaṅgāya ) Dative (fourth) गङ्गाय ( gaṅgāya ) Ablative (fifth) गङ्गाय ( gaṅgāya ) Genitive (sixth) गङ्गाय ( gaṅgāya ) Locative (seventh) गङ्गाय ( gaṅgāya ) or गङ्गायं ( gaṅgāyaṃ ) Vocative (calling) गङ्गे ( gaṅge )
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology Probably from the root गम् ( gam , “ to go, move ” ) , literally meaning "swift-goer". If a folk etymology , perhaps alternatively of substrate
Pronunciation
Proper noun गङ्गा • (gaṅgā ) stem , f
( geography ) Ganga India ( Vedic religion , Hinduism ) Ganges river personified as the goddess, Ganga
c. BCE BCE ,
Ṛgveda 10.75.5 :
इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या। imáṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śútudri stómaṃ sacatā páruṣṇyā́. Accept this my praise, Gaṅgā , Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Śutudri, Paruṣṇi, Asiknī, Marudvṛdha and Vitastā; listen, Ārjikīya with Suṣomā.
Declension
Descendants
→ Ancient Greek: Γάγγης ( Gángēs )
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀕𑀁𑀕𑀸 ( gaṃgā ) Old Awadhi: 𑂏𑂰𑂀𑂏 ( gām̐ga )
→ Assamese: গংগা ( goṅga ) → Bengali: গঙ্গা ( goṅga ) → Czech: Ganga → Dhivehi: ގަންގާ ( gan̊gā ) → Gujarati: ગંગા ( gaṅgā ) → Hindi: गंगा ( gaṅgā ) → Kannada: ಗಂಗಾ ( gaṅgā ) Magadhi Prakrit:Early Assamese: গাঙ্গ ( gaṅgo )
Bengali: গাং ( gaṅ )
Chakma: 𑄉𑄧𑄋 ( gaṅā )
Sylheti: ꠉꠣꠋ ( gaṅ )
→ Malayalam: ഗംഗ ( gaṅga ) → Marathi: गंगा ( gaṅgā ) → Middle Chinese:恆伽 MC hong gjaChinese: 恆伽 ／ 恒伽 ( Hénggā )
→ Japanese: 恒河 ( こうが, kōga ) → Korean: 항하 ( hangha ) 恒河 → Vietnamese: Hằng → Middle Persian:→ Old Javanese:→ Old Tamil:→ Odia: ଗଙ୍ଗା ( gaṅgā ) Pali: gaṅgā
→ Punjabi: ਗੰਗਾ ( gaṅgā ) → Sinhalese: ගංගා ( gaṁgā ) → Telugu: గంగ ( gaṅga )
References Monier Williams (1899 ) “गङ्गा ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC 341/2 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992 ) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen 457