गणक

See also: गुणक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गणक (gaṇaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɳək/, [ɡɐ.ɳɐk]

Noun

गणक • (gaṇak) m

1. arithmetician
2. calculator of nativities, astrologer
3. calculator (machine)

Declension

Declension of गणक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गणक gaṇak	गणक gaṇak
oblique	गणक gaṇak	गणकों gaṇakõ
vocative	गणक gaṇak	गणको gaṇako

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গণক (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬡᬓ (Balinese script)
• গণক (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰜𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀡𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဂဏက (Burmese script)
• ગણક (Gujarati script)
• ਗਣਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌣𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦟꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂝𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಣಕ (Kannada script)
• គណក (Khmer script)
• ຄຓກ (Lao script)
• ഗണക (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᢏᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘜𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᢏᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑦼𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐞𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଗଣକ (Odia script)
• ꢔꢠꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆟𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖜𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ගණක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩪𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚘𑚊 (Takri script)
• க³ணக (Tamil script)
• గణక (Telugu script)
• คณก (Thai script)
• ག་ཎ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒝𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨘𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root गण् (gaṇ, “to calculate, count”) +‎ -अक (-aka).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ́.ɳɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ.ɳɐ.kɐ/

Noun

गणक • (gáṇaka) stem, m

1. one who reckons, arithmetician
2. a calculator of nativities, astrologer
3. (neologism) a calculator machine, a computer

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गणक (gáṇaka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गणकः gáṇakaḥ	गणकौ / गणका¹ gáṇakau / gáṇakā¹	गणकाः / गणकासः¹ gáṇakāḥ / gáṇakāsaḥ¹
Vocative	गणक gáṇaka	गणकौ / गणका¹ gáṇakau / gáṇakā¹	गणकाः / गणकासः¹ gáṇakāḥ / gáṇakāsaḥ¹
Accusative	गणकम् gáṇakam	गणकौ / गणका¹ gáṇakau / gáṇakā¹	गणकान् gáṇakān
Instrumental	गणकेन gáṇakena	गणकाभ्याम् gáṇakābhyām	गणकैः / गणकेभिः¹ gáṇakaiḥ / gáṇakebhiḥ¹
Dative	गणकाय gáṇakāya	गणकाभ्याम् gáṇakābhyām	गणकेभ्यः gáṇakebhyaḥ
Ablative	गणकात् gáṇakāt	गणकाभ्याम् gáṇakābhyām	गणकेभ्यः gáṇakebhyaḥ
Genitive	गणकस्य gáṇakasya	गणकयोः gáṇakayoḥ	गणकानाम् gáṇakānām
Locative	गणके gáṇake	गणकयोः gáṇakayoḥ	गणकेषु gáṇakeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गणक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 343.