ဂင်္ဂါ

Burmese

Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali gaṅgā or Sanskrit गङ्गा (gaṅgā, literally one who goes swiftly; one who flows rapidly), 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).. Cognate with Khmer គង្គ (kŭəngkĕəʼ), គង្គា (kŭəngkiə); Lao ຄົງຄາ (khong khā), ກັງກາ (kang kā); Thai คงคา (kong-kaa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɪ̀ɴɡà/
  • Romanization: MLCTS: gangga • ALA-LC: gaṅʻgā • BGN/PCGN: gin-ga • Okell: giñga

Noun

ဂင်္ဂါ • (gangga)

  1. (poetic) river

Synonyms

Proper noun

ဂင်္ဂါ • (gangga)

  1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)
    ဂင်္ဂါမြစ်gangga-mracthe Ganges river

Further reading

Pali

Alternative forms

Proper noun

ဂင်္ဂါ f

  1. Burmese script form of gaṅgā (“Ganges”)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Proper noun

ဂင်္ဂါ • (gáṅgā) f

  1. Burmese script form of गङ्गा (Ganges, name of a river)
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