Ganesha

Ganesha

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Ganesha f

1. 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
• Tentaculata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ganesha at World Register of Marine Species

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English

A statue of Ganesha

Alternative forms

• Ganesa
• Ganesh

Etymology

From Sanskrit गणेश (gaṇeśa).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ganesha

1. (Hinduism) A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates, and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva.
2. 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) (gôṇeś) Burmese: မဟာပိန္နဲ (my) (ma.hapinnai:) Catalan: Ganesha 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: ഗണേശൻ (gaṇēśaṉ) Marathi: गणपती (gaṇaptī) Oriya: 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) Urdu: گنیش‎ m (ganeś)

Noun

Ganesha (uncountable)

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

Further reading

• Ganesha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Ganesha m

1. Alternative form of Ganexa