गणेश

गणेश

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit गणेश (Gaṇeśa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəɳeʃ/

Proper noun

गणेश • (Gaṇeś) m (Urdu spelling گنیش‎)

1. Ganesha

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬡᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
• গণেশ (Assamese script)
• গণেশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰜𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ગણેશ (Gujarati script)
• ꦒꦟꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
• ಗಣೇಶ (Kannada script)
• ဂဏေၐ (Burmese script)
• ଗଣେଶ (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢠꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆟𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖜𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
• గణేశ (Telugu script)
• གཎེཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒝𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From गण (Ganas, “servants of Shiva”) + ईश (īśa).

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬡᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
• গণেশ (Assamese script)
• গণেশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰜𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀡𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ગણેશ (Gujarati script)
• ꦒꦟꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
• ಗಣೇಶ (Kannada script)
• ဂဏေၐ (Burmese script)
• ଗଣେଶ (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢠꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆟𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖜𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
• గణేశ (Telugu script)
• གཎེཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒝𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)

Proper noun

गणेश • (Gaṇeśa) m

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

Synonyms

• गणपतिं (gaṇapatiṃ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “गणेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0343.