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)

1. 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)

1. river

   Synonym: নদী (nodi)