Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ganapati

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: gana-p-ati
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ganesha (Hindu deity).

name

A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-influ. Sanskrit गॄ (gṝ) Sanskrit गृ॒णाति॑ (gṛṇā́ti)? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger-der.? Sanskrit गण् (gaṇ) Proto-Indo-European *-os Sanskrit -अ (-a) Sanskrit गण (gaṇa) Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš Sanskrit पति (pati) Sanskrit गणपति (gaṇapati)translit. English Ganapati Transliteration of Sanskrit गणपति (gaṇapati).

Inflected Forms

Gaṇapati (alternative) Ganpati (alternative)

Questions

What does ganapati mean?: Ganesha (Hindu deity).
Where does ganapati come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-influ. Sanskrit गॄ (gṝ) Sanskrit गृ॒णाति॑ (gṛṇā́ti)? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger-der.? Sanskrit गण् (gaṇ) Proto-Indo-European *-os Sanskrit -अ (-a) Sanskrit गण (gaṇa) Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš Sanskrit पति (pati) Sanskrit गणपति (gaṇapati)translit. English Ganapati Transliteration of Sanskrit गणपति (gaṇapati).

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