गलगण्ड

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡəl.ɡəɳɖ/, [ɡɐl.ɡɐ̃ɳɖ]

Noun

गलगण्ड • (galgaṇḍ) m

1. alternative spelling of गलगंड (galgaṇḍ)

Declension

Declension of गलगण्ड (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गलगण्ड galgaṇḍ	गलगण्ड galgaṇḍ
oblique	गलगण्ड galgaṇḍ	गलगण्डों galgaṇḍõ
vocative	गलगण्ड galgaṇḍ	गलगण्डो galgaṇḍo

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গলগণ্ড (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬮᬕᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• গলগণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰩𑰐𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀮𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• ဂလဂဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• ગલગણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਗਲਗਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌲𑌗𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦭꦒꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂪𑂏𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಲಗಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• គលគណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ຄລຄຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• ഗലഗണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᠯᠠᡤᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘩𑘐𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᠯᠠᠺᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧉𑦰𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐮𑐐𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• ଗଲଗଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢭꢔꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆬𑆓𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖩𑖐𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• ගලගණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩽𑩞𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚥𑚌𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
• க³லக³ண்ட³ (Tamil script)
• గలగణ్డ (Telugu script)
• คลคณฺฑ (Thai script)
• ག་ལ་ག་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒪𑒑𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨬𑨍𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Tatpuruṣa compound of गल (gala, “throat”) +‎ गण्ड (gaṇḍa, “goitre”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.l̪ɐ.ɡɐɳ.ɖɐ/

Noun

गलगण्ड • (galagaṇḍa) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)

1. (pathology) goitre
   • c. 600 BCE – 200 BCE, Caraka, Caraka Saṃhitā 1.18.21:

     यस्य श्लेष्मा प्रकुपितो गलबाह्येऽवतिष्ठते ।
     शनैः संजनयेच्छोफं गलगण्डोऽस्य जायते ॥

     yasya śleṣmā prakupito galabāhyeʼvatiṣṭhate.
     śanaiḥ saṃjanayecchophaṃ galagaṇḍoʼsya jāyate.

     When the provoked phlegm in the body gets localised outside the throat, it produces chronic swelling there and causes goitre.

   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā 2.11.29:

     निबद्धः श्वयथुर्यस्य मुष्कवल्लम्बते गले ।
     महान् वा यदि वा ह्रस्वो गलगण्डं तमादिशेत् ॥

     nibaddhaḥ śvayathuryasya muṣkavallambate gale.
     mahān vā yadi vā hrasvo galagaṇḍaṃ tamādiśet.

     A pendant swelling, whether large or small, occurring in the throat region and resembling the scrotum in shape is called goitre.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गलगण्ड

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गलगण्डः (galagaṇḍaḥ)	गलगण्डौ (galagaṇḍau)	गलगण्डाः (galagaṇḍāḥ)
vocative	गलगण्ड (galagaṇḍa)	गलगण्डौ (galagaṇḍau)	गलगण्डाः (galagaṇḍāḥ)
accusative	गलगण्डम् (galagaṇḍam)	गलगण्डौ (galagaṇḍau)	गलगण्डान् (galagaṇḍān)
instrumental	गलगण्डेन (galagaṇḍena)	गलगण्डाभ्याम् (galagaṇḍābhyām)	गलगण्डैः (galagaṇḍaiḥ)
dative	गलगण्डाय (galagaṇḍāya)	गलगण्डाभ्याम् (galagaṇḍābhyām)	गलगण्डेभ्यः (galagaṇḍebhyaḥ)
ablative	गलगण्डात् (galagaṇḍāt)	गलगण्डाभ्याम् (galagaṇḍābhyām)	गलगण्डेभ्यः (galagaṇḍebhyaḥ)
genitive	गलगण्डस्य (galagaṇḍasya)	गलगण्डयोः (galagaṇḍayoḥ)	गलगण्डानाम् (galagaṇḍānām)
locative	गलगण्डे (galagaṇḍe)	गलगण्डयोः (galagaṇḍayoḥ)	गलगण्डेषु (galagaṇḍeṣu)

Further reading

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “गलगण्डः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 653
• Monier Williams (1899) “गलगण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 350, column 3.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “galagaṇḍa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.