Ganesha

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Ganesha f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ganeshidae – certain comb jellies.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Ctenophora – phylum; Tentaculata - class; Ganeshida - order; Ganeshidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ganesha annamita, Ganesha elegans - species

References

• Ganeshida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ganesha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tentaculata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ganesha at World Register of Marine Species

English

A statue of Ganesha

Alternative forms

• Ganesa
• Ganesh

Etymology

From Sanskrit गणेश (gaṇeśa).

Pronunciation

• (India) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈne(ɪ)ʃ(ə)/
• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈneɪʃə/

Proper noun

Ganesha

1. (Hinduism) A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates, and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva.
2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Synonyms

• Aumkara, Ekadanta, Gajanana, Ganapati, Heramba, Lambodara, Shurpa Karna, Umaputra, Vakratunda, Vighnaharta, Vinayaka

Translations

Hindu god

• Assamese: গণেশ (gonex)
• Bengali: গণেশ (bn) (goneś)
• Bulgarian: Гане́ша m (Ganéša)
• Burmese: မဟာပိန္နဲ (my) (ma.hapinnai:)
• Catalan: Ganesha
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 象神 (Xiàngshén)

• Czech: Ganéša m
• Danish: Ganesha
• Dutch: Ganesh, Ganesha
• Finnish: Ganesha
• French: Ganesh (fr)
• German: Ganesha (de)
• Gujarati: ગણપતિ (gaṇapti), ગણપતિં (gaṇaptĩ)
• Hebrew: גנש
• Hindi: गणेश (hi) m (gaṇeś)
• Italian: Ganesha
• Japanese: ガネーシャ (ganēsha)
• Kannada: ಗಣೇಶ (kn) (gaṇēśa)
• Khmer: វិឃ្នេស (km) (vikneih), ឍុណ្ឍិ (km) (tʰuntʰi)
• Korean: 가네샤 (ganesya)
• Latin: Ganesha
• Lithuanian: Ganešas
• Malayalam: ഗണേശന് (gaṇēśaṉ)
• Marathi: गणपती (gaṇaptī)
• Odia: ଗଣେଶ (or) (gaṇeśa)
• Polish: Ganeśa
• Portuguese: Ganexa m
• Punjabi: ਗਣੇਸ਼ (pa) (gaṇeś)
• Russian: Гане́ша m (Ganéša)
• Sanskrit: गणेश (sa) m (gaṇeśa), गणपतिं m (gaṇapatiṃ), गणपति (sa) m (gaṇapati)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ганеш m

  Roman: Ganeš (sh) m

• Slovene: Ganeša
• Spanish: Ganesha
• Swedish: Ganesha
• Tamil: பிள்ளையார் (ta) (piḷḷaiyār), விநாயகர் (ta) (vināyakar)
• Telugu: గణేశుడు (te) (gaṇēśuḍu)
• Thai: พระคเณศ (th) (Prá Ká-nêet)
• Urdu: گنیش m (ganeś)

Noun

Ganesha (uncountable)

1. The psychedelic drug 2,5-dimethoxy-3,4-dimethylamphetamine.

Further reading

• Ganesha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ganesha m

1. Alternative form of Ganexa