गण्

See also: गण, गुण, and गुणा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • গণ্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬕᬡ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • গণ্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰐𑰜𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀕𑀡𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဂဏ် (Burmese script)
  • ગણ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਗਣ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌗𑌣𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦒꦟ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂏𑂝𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಗಣ್ (Kannada script)
  • គណ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຄຓ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഗണ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡤᠠᢏ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘐𑘜𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠺᠠᢏ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦰𑦼𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐐𑐞𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଗଣ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢔꢠ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆓𑆟𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖐𑖜𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • ගණ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩞𑩪 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚌𑚘𑚶 (Takri script)
  • க³ண் (Tamil script)
  • గణ్ (Telugu script)
  • คณฺ (Thai script)
  • ག་ཎ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒑𑒝𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨍𑨘𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from Prakrit. Mayrhofer and Turner both reconstruct an original -ṛ- vowel to account for the variance of this root's -a- for -i- and -u- in the descendants.

Beyond this, the derivation is unclear. Turner connects it to Sanskrit गृणाति (gṛṇāti, “calls out, invokes”), from गॄ (gṝ), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to praise, greet”). Mayrhofer connects it to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”), whence also ग्राम (grāma). If so, cognates include Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γών (agṓn) and ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́), and Latin grex.

Pronunciation

Root

गण् • (gaṇ)

  1. to count, calculate

Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root गण्‎ (0 c, 8 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • गणयति (gaṇayati, Present)
  • अजीगणत् (ajīgaṇat, Aorist)
Non-Finite Forms
  • गणय्य (gaṇayya, Gerund)
  • गणेय (gaṇeya, Gerundive)
  • गणनीय (gaṇanīya, Gerundive)
  • गणितव्य (gaṇitavya, Gerundive)
  • गण्य (gaṇya, Gerundive)
  • गणित (gaṇita, Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms

Descendants
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root गण्‎ (3 c, 0 e)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “गण्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0342.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 513
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