গাং

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese গাঙ্গ (gaṅgo), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀕𑀁𑀕𑀸 (gaṃgā), from Sanskrit গঙ্গা (gaṅgā, “the Ganges”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠉꠣꠋ (gaṅ), Chakma 𑄉𑄧𑄋 (gaṅā), Bengali গাং (gaṅ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaŋ/

Noun

গাং • (gaṅ)

river
Synonym: নৈ (noi)

Declension

Inflection of গাং

	Indefinite forms	Definite forms
		numeral		non-numeral (plural)
		singular	plural	informal
absolutive	গাং gaṅ	গাংখন gaṅkhon	গাংকেইখন gaṅkeikhon	গাংবোৰ gaṅbür	গাংবিলাক gaṅbilak
ergative	গাঙে gaṅe	গাংখনে gaṅkhone	গাংকেইখনে gaṅkeikhone	গাংবোৰে gaṅbüre	গাংবিলাকে gaṅbilake
accusative	গাঙক gaṅok	গাংখনক gaṅkhonok	গাংকেইখনক gaṅkeikhonok	গাংবোৰক gaṅbürok	গাংবিলাকক gaṅbilakok
genitive	গাঙৰ gaṅor	গাংখনৰ gaṅkhonor	গাংকেইখনৰ gaṅkeikhonor	গাংবোৰৰ gaṅbüror	গাংবিলাকৰ gaṅbilakor
dative	গাঙলৈ gaṅoloi	গাংখনলৈ gaṅkhonoloi	গাংকেইখনলৈ gaṅkeikhonoloi	গাংবোৰলৈ gaṅbüroloi	গাংবিলাকলৈ gaṅbilakoloi
instrumental	গাঙেৰে gaṅere	গাংখনেৰে gaṅkhonere	গাংকেইেৰে gaṅkeikhonere	গাংবোৰেৰে gaṅbürere	গাংবিলাকেৰে gaṅbilakere
locative	গাঙত gaṅot	গাংখনত gaṅkhonot	গাংকেইখনত gaṅkeikhonot	গাংবোৰত gaṅbürot	গাংবিলাকত gaṅbilakot

Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Derived terms

গঙা (goṅa)
গঙা-চিলনী (goṅa-siloni)
গঙাটোপ (goṅatüp)
গাং-শালিকা (gaṅ-xalika)

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀕𑀁𑀕𑀸 (gaṃgā), from Sanskrit গঙ্গা (gaṅgā, “the Ganges”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠉꠣꠋ (gaṅ), Chakma 𑄉𑄧𑄋 (gaṅā), Assamese গাং (gaṅ).

Noun

গাং • (gaṅ)

river
Synonym: নদী (nodi)