As a Hindi name
गाना · masculine
song
गाना
to sing
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
the Hilsa or Illias fish (illiśa)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
gāṅgeya mfn. being in or on the Ganges, coming from or belonging or relating to the Ganges, MBh.; R. vi
gāṅgeya m. (g. śubhrādi, Kāś. & Gaṇar.; = gāṅgāyani) Bhīṣma, MBh.
N. of Skanda, ix, 2465; xiii, 4096
the Hilsa or Illias fish (illiśa), L.
the root of a kind of grass, L.
Alternative readings
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