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

• မြစ် (mrac)

Proper noun

ဂင်္ဂါ • (gangga)

1. Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)

   ဂင်္ဂါမြစ် ― gangga-mrac ― the Ganges river

Further reading

• “ဂင်္ဂါ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• gaṅgā (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• गङ्गा (Devanagari script)
• গঙ্গা (Bengali script)
• ගඞ‍්ගා (Sinhalese script)
• ၷင်္ၷႃ or ၷင်ၷႃ (Burmese script)
• คงฺคา or คังคา (Thai script)
• ᨣᩘᨣᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄງ຺ຄາ or ຄັງຄາ (Lao script)
• គង្គា (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄋𑄴𑄉𑄂 (Chakma script)

Proper noun

ဂင်္ဂါ f

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

Declension

Declension table of "ဂင်္ဂါ" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Nominative (first)	ဂင်္ဂါ (gaṅgā)
Accusative (second)	ဂင်္ဂံ (gaṅgaṃ)
Instrumental (third)	ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya)
Dative (fourth)	ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya)
Ablative (fifth)	ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya)
Genitive (sixth)	ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya)
Locative (seventh)	ဂင်္ဂါယ (gaṅgāya) or ဂင်္ဂါယံ (gaṅgāyaṃ)
Vocative (calling)	ဂင်္ဂေ (gaṅge)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• গঙ্গা (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬗ᭄ᬕᬵ (Balinese script)
• গঙ্গা (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• गङ्गा (Devanagari script)
• ગઙ્ગા (Gujarati script)
• ਗਙ੍ਗਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦔ꧀ꦒꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಙ್ಗಾ (Kannada script)
• គង្គា (Khmer script)
• ຄງ຺ຄາ (Lao script)
• ഗങ്ഗാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᢛᡤᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢊᠺᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଗଙ୍ଗା (Odia script)
• ꢔꢖ꣄ꢔꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ගඞ‍්ගා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚭 (Takri script)
• க³ங்க³ா (Tamil script)
• గఙ్గా (Telugu script)
• คงฺคา (Thai script)
• ག་ངྒཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Proper noun

ဂင်္ဂါ • (gáṅgā) f

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