Ganges
See also: ganges
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”), 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).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡændʒiːz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡænd͡ʒiz/
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Proper noun edit
Ganges
- A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism
- 1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes[1], volume III, London, →OCLC, page 340:
- 1968, Norman Mailer, “Nixon in Miami”, in Harper's, §6:
- ...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were old and meek, naught but elderly Black Southern musicians, a veritable Ganges of Uncle Toms. They had disappeared with Tom Swift and Little Lord Fauntleroy.
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- Ganga (in Indian English)
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the river
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Ganges m inan (related adjective ganžský or gangský)
- Alternative form of Ganga: Ganges (a major river in India and Bangladesh)
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der Ganges m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Ganges)
- Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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Ganges
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Ganges.
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Ganges m inan
- Ganges (a river in Bangladesh and India)
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Declension of Ganges
Further reading edit
- Ganges in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- Hyphenation: Gan‧ges
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Ganges m
- Ganges (a river in India and Bangladesh)
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Ganges m
- Ganges (the sacred river)