As a Hindi name
गाना · masculine
song
गाना
to sing
Śabdasāgara also records: अ॰ [सं॰ गत, प्रा॰ गअ] गया
Cited formation "गा" is ग + -आ: ग means "the third consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "गा" is ग + -आ: ग means "the third consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit गान — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit गान (gāna). Cognate with Assamese গান (gan), Bengali গান (gan), Gujarati ગાણું (gāṇũ), Marathi गाणे (gāṇe), Punjabi ਗਾਣਾ (gāṇā). Doublet of गान (gān), a tatsama.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
gāna n. singing, song, KātyŚr.; Lāṭy. i, vii; Hariv. 11793; Śiś. ix, 54
a sound, L. (cf. araṇya-, ūha-, ūhya-.)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit गायति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit गायति (gāyati), from the root गै (gai, “to sing”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
ifc. ‘singing’, see sāma-gā
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gā" is the feminine form of "ga" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "gā" is the nominative of "gṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
gā f. a song, L.
1. gā cl. 3. P. jigāti (RV.; jagāti, Naigh. ii, 14 (v.l.); Subj. jigāt; Impv. jigātu; aor. agāt; 3. pl. agan, BhP. i, 9, 40; Subj. [1. sg. geṣam, see anu- and upa-], 2. sg. gās, 3. sg. gāt, 2. pl. gāta, 3. pl. gur; [perf. jigāya, see ud-], perf. Pot. jagāyāt [Naigh. ii, 14] RV. x, 28, 1; inf. gātave, RV. ii, 3, 1; in Class. Sanskṛt only the aor. P. agāt occurs, for Ā. See adhi-; aor. Pass. agāyi, agāsātām, Kāś. on Pāṇ. ii, 4, 45 and 77; cl. 2. P. gāti, Naigh. ii, 14; Ā. gāte, Dhātup. xxii, 53) to go, go towards, come, approach (with acc. or loc.), RV.; AV. &c.; to go after, pursue, RV. iv, 3, 13; x, 18, 4; to fall to one's (dat.) share, be one's (acc.) due, viii, 45, 32; Ragh. xi, 73; to come into any state or condition (acc.), undergo, obtain, MBh. iii, 10697; R. &c.; to go away (from abl.; to any place loc.), RV. x, 108, 9; to come to an end, Naiṣ. viii, 109; to walk (on a path acc. or instr.), RV. viii, 2, 39 and 5, 39; (jigāti) to be born, Vop. on Dhātup. xxv, 25 : Desid. jigīṣati, to desire to go, BhP. ii, 10, 25;
gā [cf. βίβημι, ἔβην; Old Germ. gām, gās, &c.; Goth. ga-tvo; Eng. to go.]
2. gā mfn. Ved. ifc. ‘going’ (cf. a-gā; agre-, tamo-, puro-, samana- and svasti-gā), Pāṇ. iii, 2, 67.
3. gā mfn. (√ gai) ifc. ‘singing’, see sāma-gā
1. ga (3rd consonant of the alphabet), the soft guttural having the sound g in give
ga m. N. of Gaṇeśa, L.
gṛ cl. 1. P. garati, to sprinkle, moisten, Dhātup. xxii, 39 (cf. √ ghṛ.)
gṛ 1 P. (garati) 1 To sprinkle, moisten, wet. 2 To grant.
Alternative readings
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