गण्

See also: गण, गुण, and गुणा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬕᬡ᭄ (Balinese script)
গণ্ (Assamese script)
গণ্ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰜𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀡𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌗𑌣𑍍 (Grantha script)
ગણ્ (Gujarati script)
ਗਣੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦒꦟ꧀ (Javanese script)
គណ៑ (Khmer script)
ಗಣ್ (Kannada script)
ຄຓ຺ (Lao script)
ഗണ് (Malayalam script)
𑘐𑘜𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠺᠠᢏ (Mongolian script)
ᡤᠠᢏ (Manchu script)
ဂဏ် (Burmese script)
𑦰𑦼𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐞𑑂 (Newa script)
ଗଣ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢔꢠ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆟𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖜𑖿 (Siddham script)
ගණ් (Sinhalese script)
గణ్ (Telugu script)
คณฺ (Thai script)
ག་ཎ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒝𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Possibly from or connected to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”). If so, cognates include Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γών (agṓn) and ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (agorā́), and Latin grex.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɳ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɳ/

Root

गण् • (gaṇ)

to count, calculate

Derived terms

गण (gaṇa)
गणक (gaṇaka)
गणता (gaṇatā)
गणत्व (gaṇatva)
गणन (gaṇana)
गणनीय (gaṇanīya)
गणपति (gaṇapati)
गणयति (gaṇayati)
गणिका (gaṇikā)
गणित (gaṇita)
गणितव्य (gaṇitavya)
गणेश (gaṇeśa)
गणेशान (gaṇeśāna)
गणेश्वर (gaṇeśvara)
गण्य (gaṇya)
नगण्य (nagaṇya)

Descendants

→ Tamil: கணி (kaṇi)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “गण्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0342.

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