गणेश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गणेश (Gaṇeśa).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɳeːʃ/, [ɡɐ.ɳeːʃ]

Proper noun

गणेश • (gaṇeś) m (Urdu spelling گنیش)

Ganesha

Declension

Declension of गणेश (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	गणेश gaṇeś
oblique	गणेश gaṇeś
vocative	गणेश gaṇeś

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

গণেশ (Assamese script)
ᬕᬡᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
গণেশ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰜𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
ဂဏေၐ (Burmese script)
ગણેશ (Gujarati script)
ਗਣੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦟꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂝𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
ಗಣೇಶ (Kannada script)
គណេឝ (Khmer script)
ຄເຓຨ (Lao script)
ഗണേശ (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠠᢏᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘜𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
ᠺᠠᢏᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑦼𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐞𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
ଗଣେଶ (Odia script)
ꢔꢠꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆟𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖜𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
ගණෙශ (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩪𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚘𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
க³ணேஶ (Tamil script)
గణేశ (Telugu script)
คเณศ (Thai script)
ག་ཎེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒝𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨘𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of गण (ganá, “servants of Shiva”) +‎ ईश (īśá, “lord, master”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɳɐj.ɕɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɳeː.ɕɐ/

Proper noun

गणेश • (Gaṇeśá) stem, m

Ganesha
name of Shiva
(in the plural) a class of siddhas (with śaivas)
name of a renowned astronomer of the 16th century
name of a son of Rāma-deva
name of a son of Viśvanātha-dīkṣita and grandson of Bhāvarāma-kṛṣṇa (author of a commentary called Ciccandrikā)

Synonyms

गणपति (gaṇapati)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “गणेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0343.

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