Ganesha

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Ganesha f

A taxonomic genus within the family Ganeshidae – certain comb jellies.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Ctenophora - phylum; Tentaculata - class; Ganeshida - order; Ganeshidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Ganesha annamita, Ganesha elegans - species

References

Ganeshida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ganesha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Tentaculata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ganesha at World Register of Marine Species

English

A statue of Ganesha

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit गणेश (gaṇeśa).

Pronunciation

(India) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈne(ɪ)ʃ(ə)/
(UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈneɪʃə/

Proper noun

Ganesha

(Hinduism) A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates, and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva.
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Synonyms

Aumkara, Ekadanta, Gajanana, Ganapati, Heramba, Lambodara, Shurpa Karna, Umaputra, Vakratunda, Vighnaharta, Vinayaka

Translations

Hindu god

Assamese: গণেশ (gonex)
Bengali: গণেশ (bn) (goneś)
Burmese: မဟာပိန္နဲ (my) (ma.hapinnai:)
Catalan: Ganesha
Chinese:
Mandarin: 象神 (Xiàngshén)
Czech: Ganéša m
Danish: Ganesha
Dutch: Ganesh, Ganesha
Finnish: Ganesha
French: Ganesh (fr)
German: Ganesha (de)
Gujarati: ગણપતિ (gaṇapti), ગણપતિં (gaṇaptĩ)
Hebrew: גנש
Hindi: गणेश (hi) m (gaṇeś)
Italian: Ganesha
Japanese: ガネーシャ (ganēsha)
Kannada: ಗಣೇಶ (kn) (gaṇēśa)
Khmer: វិឃ្នេស (km) (vikneih), ឍុណ្ឍិ (km) (tʰuntʰi)
Korean: 가네샤 (ganesya)
Latin: Ganesha
Lithuanian: Ganešas
Malayalam: ഗണേശന് (gaṇēśaṉ)
Marathi: गणपती (gaṇaptī)
Odia: ଗଣେଶ (or) (gôṇeśô)
Polish: Ganeśa
Portuguese: Ganexa m
Punjabi: ਗਣੇਸ਼ (pa) (gaṇeś)
Russian: Гане́ша m (Ganéša)
Sanskrit: गणेश (sa) m (gaṇeśa), गणपतिं m (gaṇapatiṃ), गणपति (sa) m (gaṇapati)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ганеш m

Roman: Ganeš (sh) m
Slovene: Ganeša
Spanish: Ganesha
Swedish: Ganesha
Tamil: பிள்ளையார் (ta) (piḷḷaiyār), விநாயகர் (ta) (vināyakar)
Telugu: గణేశుడు (te) (gaṇēśuḍu)
Thai: พระคเณศ (th) (Prá Ká-nêet)
Urdu: گنیش m (ganeś)

Noun

Ganesha (uncountable)

The psychedelic drug 2,5-dimethoxy-3,4-dimethylamphetamine.

Further reading

Ganesha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ganesha m

Alternative form of Ganexa

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