गद्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬕᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
গদ্ (Assamese script)
গদ্ (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌗𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
ગદ્ (Gujarati script)
ਗਦੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦒꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
គទ៑ (Khmer script)
ಗದ್ (Kannada script)
ຄທ຺ (Lao script)
ഗദ് (Malayalam script)
𑘐𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠺᠠᢑ (Mongolian script)
ᡤᠠᡩ (Manchu script)
ဂဒ် (Burmese script)
𑦰𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
ଗଦ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢔꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
ගද් (Sinhalese script)
గద్ (Telugu script)
คทฺ (Thai script)
ག་ད྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“to say, speak”). Cognate with English quoth.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐd/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡɐd̪/

Root

गद् • (gad)

to speak articulately, speak, say
to relate, tell anything

Derived terms

गद (gada, “a sentence”)
गदति (gádati, “speak, say”)
गदन (gadana, “telling, relating”)
गदयित्नु (gadayitnu, “loquacious, talkative”)
गदि (gadi, “speaking, speech”)
गद्गद (gadgada, “stammering, stuttering”)
गद्य (gadya, “to be spoken or uttered”)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “गद्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0344.

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