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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- গম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဂမ် (Burmese script)
- ગમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಮ್ (Kannada script)
- គម៑ (Khmer script)
- ຄມ຺ (Lao script)
- ഗമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଗମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢔꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ගම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- க³ம் (Tamil script)
- గమ్ (Telugu script)
- คมฺ (Thai script)
- ག་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gam-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gam-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬨 (gam), Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), Old English cuman (whence English come).
Pronunciation
Root
गम् • (gam)
- to go, move, come
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- गम्यते (gamyáte, Passive)
- अगामि (agāmi, Passive Aorist)
- अगमि (agami, Passive Aorist)
- गमयति (gamáyati, Causative)
- जिगमिषति (jigamiṣati, Desiderative)
- जिगांसति (jigāṃsati, Desiderative)
- गनीगन्ति (gánīganti, Intensive)
- जङ्गन्ति (jaṅganti, Intensive)
- जङ्गमीति (jaṅgamīti, Intensive)
- जङ्गम्यते (jaṅgamyate, Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- गत (gatá, “gone, departed, deceased; gone by; come”)
- गन्तुम् (gántum, Infinitive)
- गन्तोस् (gántos, Infinitive)
- गन्तवे (gántave, Infinitive)
- गन्तवै (gántavái, Infinitive)
- गत्वा (gatvā́, Gerund)
- गत्वाय (gatvā́ya, Gerund)
- गत्वी (gatvī́, Gerund)
- गम्य (gamya, Gerundive)
- गन्तव्य (gantavyà, Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- गति (gáti, “going”)
- जगत् (jágat, “moving, animal, world”)
- ग (ga, “going”)
- गङ्गा (gaṅgā, “swift-goer, the Ganges”)
- गच्छ (gaccha, “lineage”)
- गम (gama, “going, course”)
- गमिन् (gamin, “intending to go”)
- गमन (gámana, “manner of going”)
- गमनीय (gamanīya, “accessible, approachable”)
- गमिष्ठ (gámiṣṭha, “most ready to go, most willing to come”)
- गमिष्णु (gamiṣṇú, “going”)
- अध्वगत् (adhvagat, “traveller”)
- सुगन्त्व (sugantva, “easily passed”)
- गन्तृ (gantṛ, “goer, mover, comer”)
- पूर्वगत्वन् (pūrvagatvan, “going to meet”)
- गत्वर (gatvara, “going to a place”)
- गामिन् (gāmin, “going anywhere”)
- गामुक (gāmuka, “going”)
- पृथुग्मन् (pṛthugman, “broad-pathed”)
- गमयितृ (gamayitṛ, “causing to arrive at, leading to”)
- गमयितव्य (gamayitavya, “spent (time)”)
- जग्मि (jágmi, “going, being in constant motion”)
- जिगत्नु (jigatnú, “going quickly, fleet”)
- जङ्गम (jaṅgama, “moving, locomotive”)
- जङ्गमन (jaṅgamana, “course”)
- जिगमिषु (jigamiṣu, “intending to go”)
- दुर्ग (durga, “unattainable, difficult to approach”)
- दुर्गा (durgā, Durga; literally "difficult to approach")
- संगम (saṃgamá, “a coming together, union”)
- Prefixed Root Forms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 346, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 34
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 465-466