गणेश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गणेश (Gaṇeśa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɳeːʃ/, [ɡɐ.ɳeːʃ]

Proper noun

गणेश • (gaṇeś) m (Urdu spelling گنیش)

1. Ganesha

Declension

Declension of गणेश (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	गणेश gaṇeś
oblique	गणेश gaṇeś
vocative	गणेश gaṇeś

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গণেশ (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬡᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
• গণেশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰜𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ဂဏေၐ (Burmese script)
• ગણેશ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਣੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦟꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂝𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಣೇಶ (Kannada script)
• គណេឝ (Khmer script)
• ຄເຓຨ (Lao script)
• ഗണേശ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᢏᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘜𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢏᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑦼𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐞𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଗଣେଶ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢠꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆟𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖜𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
• ගණෙශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩪𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚘𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
• க³ணேஶ (Tamil script)
• గణేశ (Telugu script)
• คเณศ (Thai script)
• ག་ཎེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒝𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨘𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of गण (ganá, “servants of Shiva”) +‎ ईश (īśá, “lord, master”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɳɐj.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɳeː.ɕɐ/

Proper noun

गणेश • (gaṇeśá) stem, m

1. Ganesha
2. name of Shiva
3. (in the plural) a class of siddhas (with śaivas)
4. name of a renowned astronomer of the 16th century
5. name of a son of Rāma-deva
6. name of a son of Viśvanātha-dīkṣita and grandson of Bhāvarāma-kṛṣṇa (author of a commentary called Ciccandrikā)

Synonyms

• गणपति (gaṇapati)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गणेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0343.