গান

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See also: গিনি

Assamese

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Noun

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গান (gan)

  1. song

Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गान (gāna). Doublet of গাওয়া (gaōẇa, to sing), গায়ক (gaẏok, singer), গাথা (gatha, verse, ballad, story), গীত (git, song), গীতা (gita, Gita) and সংগীত (śoṅgit, music, melody).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɡan/, [ɡan]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɡan/, [ɡan]
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Noun

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গান (gan)

  1. song

Declension

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Inflection of গান
nominative গান
gan
objective গান / গানকে
gan (semantically general or indefinite) / ganke (semantically definite)
genitive গানের
ganer
locative গানে
gane
Indefinite forms
nominative গান
gan
objective গান / গানকে
gan (semantically general or indefinite) / ganke (semantically definite)
genitive গানের
ganer
locative গানে
gane
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative গানটা , গানটি
ganṭa (colloquial), ganṭi (formal)
গানগুলা, গানগুলো
gangula (colloquial), gangulo (formal)
objective গানটা, গানটি
ganṭa (colloquial), ganṭi (formal)
গানগুলা, গানগুলো
gangula (colloquial), gangulo (formal)
genitive গানটার, গানটির
ganṭar (colloquial), ganṭir (formal)
গানগুলার, গানগুলোর
gangular (colloquial), gangulor (formal)
locative গানটাতে / গানটায়, গানটিতে
ganṭate / ganṭay (colloquial), ganṭite (formal)
গানগুলাতে / গানগুলায়, গানগুলোতে
gangulate / gangulay (colloquial), gangulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “গান”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.