Ganges

See also: ganges

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gangēs, from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”), from the verbal root गम् (gam, “to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come”) (whence Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), and English come). Doublet of Ganga.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡændʒiːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

the Ganges

1. A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism
   • 1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes‎^[1], volume III, London, →OCLC, page 340:

     ...the Yellow Riuer... is the other famous Riuer of that Kingdome, in greatneſſe and note, which ariſesth without the Kingdome to the Weſt, out of the Hill Cunlun, conjectured to bee the ſame whence Ganges ariſeth, or one neere to it.

   • 1968, Norman Mailer, “Nixon in Miami”, in Harper's, §6:

     ...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were old and meek, naught but elderly Black Southern musicians, a veritable Ganges of Uncle Toms. They had disappeared with Tom Swift and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Synonyms

• Ganga (in Indian English)

Derived terms

• Ganges River dolphin
• Ganges shark

 

Related terms

• Gangean
• Gangetic

Translations

the river

• Afrikaans: Ganges
• Albanian: Gangi
• Amharic: ጋንግ ወንዝ (gang wänz)
• Arabic: الْغَانْج m (al-ḡānj), الْكَنْك m (al-kank)

  Egyptian Arabic: الجانج m (el-gāng)

• Armenian: Գանգես (hy) (Ganges)
• Assamese: গংগা (goṅga)
• Azerbaijani: Qanq
• Belarusian: Ганг m (Hanh)
• Bengali: গঙ্গা (bn) (goṅga)
• Bulgarian: Ганг m (Gang)
• Burmese: ဂင်္ဂါမြစ် (ganggamrac), ဂင်္ဂါ (my) (gangga)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ґа́нґа f (Gánga)
• Catalan: Ganges
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 恆河 / 恒河 (hang⁴ ho⁴)

  Mandarin: 恆河 / 恒河 (zh) (Héng Hé), 恆伽 / 恒伽 (Hénggā)

• Czech: Ganga (cs) f
• Danish: Ganges
• Dhivehi: ގަންގާ ކޯރު (gan̊gā kōru)
• Esperanto: Gango
• Estonian: Ganges (et)
• Finnish: Ganges (fi)
• French: Gange (fr) m
• Galician: Ganxes (gl) m
• Georgian: განგი (gangi)
• German: Ganges (de) m
• Greek: Γάγγης (el) (Gángis)

  Ancient: Γάγγης (Gángēs)

• Gujarati: ગંગા f (gaṅgā)
• Hebrew: גנגס (ganges)
• Hindi: गंगा (hi) f (gaṅgā)
• Hungarian: Gangesz (hu)
• Icelandic: Ganges
• Indonesian: Gangga
• Irish: Ganga f, An Ghainséis
• Italian: Gange
• Japanese: ガンジス川 (ガンジスがわ, Ganjisu-gawa), ガンジス (ja) (Ganjisu)
• Kannada: ಗಂಗಾ (kn) (gaṅgā)
• Kazakh: Ганг (Gañ)
• Khmer: គង្គា (km) (kŭəngkiə), គង្គ (kŭəngkĕəʼ)
• Korean: 갠지스 (Gaenjiseu), 갠지스강 (Gaenjiseugang)
• Kyrgyz: Ганг (Gang)
• Lao: ແມ່ນ້ຳຄົງຄາ (mǣ namkhong khā), ຄົງຄາ (khong khā), ກັງກາ (kang kā)
• Latin: Gangēs (la) m
• Latvian: Ganga f
• Lithuanian: Ganga f
• Macedonian: Ганг m (Gang)
• Malay: Gangga
• Malayalam: ഗംഗാനദി (gaṅgānadi), ഗംഗാ (gaṅgā)
• Marathi: गंगा (gaṅgā)
• Mongolian: Ганга (Ganga)
• Nepali: गंगा (gaṅgā)
• Norwegian: Ganges
• Odia: ଗଙ୍ଗା (or) (gaṅgā)
• Old English: Gandis
• Old Irish: Gand m
• Ottoman Turkish: كنك (Geng)
• Persian: گنگ (fa) (gang)
• Polish: Ganges (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ganges m
• Punjabi: ਗੰਗਾ (gaṅgā)
• Romanian: Gange
• Russian: Ганг (ru) m (Gang)
• Sanskrit: गङ्गा (sa) f (gaṅgā)
• Santali: ᱜᱟᱝᱱᱟᱹᱭ (gaṅnăy)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ганг m

  Roman: Gang m

• Sinhalese: ගංගා (si) (gaṁgā)
• Slovak: Ganga f
• Slovene: Ganges m
• Spanish: Ganges m
• Swedish: Ganges (sv)
• Tajik: Ганг (Gang)
• Tamil: கங்கை (ta) (kaṅkai)
• Tatar: Ганг (Ğang)
• Telugu: గంగా (gaṅgā)
• Thai: แม่น้ำคงคา (mɛ̂ɛ-náam kong-kaa), คงคา (th) (kong-kaa)
• Tibetan: གླང་ཆེན་ཁ་བབས (glang chen kha babs)
• Turkish: Ganj
• Turkmen: Gang
• Ukrainian: Ганг m (Hanh)
• Urdu: گنگا f (gãṅgā)
• Uyghur: گانگ (gan'g)
• Uzbek: Gang
• Vietnamese: Hằng (vi) (恆), sông Hằng
• Yiddish: גאַנגעס (ganges)

Anagrams

• Gagens, Gagnes

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaŋɡɛs]

Proper noun

Ganges m inan (related adjective ganžský or gangský)

1. Alternative form of Ganga: Ganges (a major river in India and Bangladesh)

Declension

Declension of Ganges (sg-only velar masculine inanimate foreign)

	singular
nominative	Ganges
genitive	Gangu
dative	Gangu
accusative	Ganges
vocative	Gangu
locative	Gangu
instrumental	Gangem

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋəs/, (also) /ˈɡaŋɡɛs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

der Ganges m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Ganges)

1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋəs/

Noun

Ganges

1. genitive singular of Gang

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.ɡeːs/, [ˈɡäŋɡeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.d͡ʒes/, [ˈɡän̠ʲd͡ʒes]

Proper noun

Gangēs m sg (genitive Gangis); third declension

1. the Ganges

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gangēs
genitive	Gangis
dative	Gangī
accusative	Gangem
ablative	Gange
vocative	Gangēs

Descendants

• → English: Ganges
• French: Gange
  • → Arabic: الْغَانْج (al-ḡānj)
  • → Iranian Persian: گانْژ (gânž)
  • → Turkish: Ganj
• Italian: Gange
• → Polish: Ganges
• Portuguese: Ganges
• Spanish: Ganges

References

• Ganges in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Ganges

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ganges.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋ.ɡɛs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋɡɛs
• Syllabification: Gan‧ges

Proper noun

Ganges m inan

1. Ganges (a river in Bangladesh and India)

Declension

Declension of Ganges

	singular
nominative	Ganges
genitive	Gangesu
dative	Gangesowi
accusative	Ganges
instrumental	Gangesem
locative	Gangesie
vocative	Gangesie

Further reading

• Ganges in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: Gan‧ges

Proper noun

Ganges m

1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)

Related terms

• gangético
• transgangético

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanxes/ [ˈɡãŋ.xes]
• Rhymes: -anxes
• Syllabification: Gan‧ges

Proper noun

Ganges m

1. Ganges (the sacred river)