गगन

See also: गिगन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गगन (gagana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɡən/, [ɡɐ.ɡɐ̃n]

Noun

गगन • (gagan) m (Urdu spelling گگن)

1. (poetic) sky

   Synonyms: आकाश (ākāś), आसमान (āsmān)

Declension

Declension of गगन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गगन gagan	गगन gagan
oblique	गगन gagan	गगनों gaganõ
vocative	गगन gagan	गगनो gagano

Derived terms

• गगनचर (gagancar)

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गगन (gagana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʌɡ̞ʌn]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गगन्

Noun

गगन • (gagan)

1. sky

   Synonyms: आकाश (ākāś), अकास (akās), अस्मान (asmān)

2. air
3. heaven

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• गगण (gagaṇa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গগন (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬕᬦ (Balinese script)
• গগন (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰐𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀕𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဂဂန (Burmese script)
• ગગન (Gujarati script)
• ਗਗਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌗𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦒꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂏𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಗನ (Kannada script)
• គគន (Khmer script)
• ຄຄນ (Lao script)
• ഗഗന (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᡤᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘐𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᠺᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑦰𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐐𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଗଗନ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢔꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆓𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖐𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ගගන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩞𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚌𑚝 (Takri script)
• க³க³ந (Tamil script)
• గగన (Telugu script)
• คคน (Thai script)
• ག་ག་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒑𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨍𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Mayrhofer rejects an earlier theory deriving the word from an earlier unattested *ग-गण (ga-gaṇa, “filled with wandering troops (i.e. clouds in the sky)”), a reduplicative formation from गम् (gam, “to go”), and proposes no alternative etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɡɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɡɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

गगन • (gagana) stem, n

1. the atmosphere, sky, firmament

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of गगन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गगनम् (gáganam)	गगने (gágane)	गगनानि (gáganāni) गगना¹ (gáganā¹)
accusative	गगनम् (gáganam)	गगने (gágane)	गगनानि (gáganāni) गगना¹ (gáganā¹)
instrumental	गगनेन (gáganena)	गगनाभ्याम् (gáganābhyām)	गगनैः (gáganaiḥ) गगनेभिः¹ (gáganebhiḥ¹)
dative	गगनाय (gáganāya)	गगनाभ्याम् (gáganābhyām)	गगनेभ्यः (gáganebhyaḥ)
ablative	गगनात् (gáganāt)	गगनाभ्याम् (gáganābhyām)	गगनेभ्यः (gáganebhyaḥ)
genitive	गगनस्य (gáganasya)	गगनयोः (gáganayoḥ)	गगनानाम् (gáganānām)
locative	गगने (gágane)	गगनयोः (gáganayoḥ)	गगनेषु (gáganeṣu)
vocative	गगन (gágana)	गगने (gágane)	गगनानि (gáganāni) गगना¹ (gáganā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: गगन (gagan)
• → Nepali: गगन (gagan)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “गगन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431/2.