गन्धार
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- गान्धर (gāndhara)
Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- গন্ধাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬦ᭄ᬥᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- গন্ধার (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰡𑰿𑰠𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ဂန္ဓာရ (Burmese script)
- ગન્ધાર (Gujarati script)
- ਗਨ੍ਧਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦤ꧀ꦣꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂢𑂹𑂡𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಗನ್ಧಾರ (Kannada script)
- គន្ធារ (Khmer script)
- ຄນ຺ຘາຣ (Lao script)
- ഗന്ധാര (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᠨᢡᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘡𑘿𑘠𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠨᢑᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧁𑧠𑧀𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐣𑑂𑐢𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଗନ୍ଧାର (Odia script)
- ꢔꢥ꣄ꢤꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆤𑇀𑆣𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖡𑖿𑖠𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ගන්ධාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩯 𑪙𑩮𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚝𑚶𑚜𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- க³ந்த⁴ார (Tamil script)
- గన్ధార (Telugu script)
- คนฺธาร (Thai script)
- ག་ནྡྷཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒢𑓂𑒡𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨝𑩇𑨜𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]गन्धार • (gandhāra) stem, m
- (historical) An ancient kingdom that occupied parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गन्धारः (gandhāraḥ) | गन्धारौ (gandhārau) गन्धारा¹ (gandhārā¹) |
गन्धाराः (gandhārāḥ) गन्धारासः¹ (gandhārāsaḥ¹) |
| vocative | गन्धार (gandhāra) | गन्धारौ (gandhārau) गन्धारा¹ (gandhārā¹) |
गन्धाराः (gandhārāḥ) गन्धारासः¹ (gandhārāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | गन्धारम् (gandhāram) | गन्धारौ (gandhārau) गन्धारा¹ (gandhārā¹) |
गन्धारान् (gandhārān) |
| instrumental | गन्धारेण (gandhāreṇa) | गन्धाराभ्याम् (gandhārābhyām) | गन्धारैः (gandhāraiḥ) गन्धारेभिः¹ (gandhārebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | गन्धाराय (gandhārāya) | गन्धाराभ्याम् (gandhārābhyām) | गन्धारेभ्यः (gandhārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गन्धारात् (gandhārāt) | गन्धाराभ्याम् (gandhārābhyām) | गन्धारेभ्यः (gandhārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गन्धारस्य (gandhārasya) | गन्धारयोः (gandhārayoḥ) | गन्धाराणाम् (gandhārāṇām) |
| locative | गन्धारे (gandhāre) | गन्धारयोः (gandhārayoḥ) | गन्धारेषु (gandhāreṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]- Gandhari: 𐨒𐨎𐨢𐨪 (gaṃdhara)
- Hindustani:
- → Middle Chinese: 犍陀羅 (kɨɐn dɑ lɑ)
- → Burmese: ဂန္ဓာရ (gandhara.)
- → English: Gandhara
- → Old Persian: 𐎥𐎭𐎠𐎼 (Gaⁿdāraʰ)[1]
- → Russian: Гандхара (Gandxara)
- → Thai: คันธาระ (khanṭhāra)
References
[edit]- Apte, Macdonell (2022) “गन्धार”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]