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
a traveller
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Dictionary citations
1. gāntu m. for gātu, a singer, Uṇvṛ.
gā˚ntu See ib.
2. gāntu m. (√ gam) a traveller, Uṇ.
gāntu mfn. (-ntuḥ-ntuḥ-ntu) A goer, a traveller, one who goes or moves. E. gama to go, Uṇādi affix tu, and the radical vowel made long.
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