गुण

See also: गण, गण्, and गुणा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गुण (guṇá).

Noun

गुण (guṇ) m

  1. quality, condition
    उसके कोई अच्छे गुण हैं ही नहीं।
    uske koī acche guṇ ha͠i hī nahīn.
    He has no good qualities at all.
  2. characteristic
  3. merit, virtue

Declension

Declension of गुण
Singular Plural
Direct गुण (guṇ) गुण (guṇ)
Oblique गुण (guṇ) गुणों (guṇõ)
Vocative गुण (guṇ) गुणो (guṇo)

Alternative forms


Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गुण (guṇá).

Noun

गुण (transliteration needed) m

  1. virtue

Sanskrit

Noun

गुण (guṇá) m

  1. use
  2. talent
  3. virtue
  4. quality, merit
  5. secondary element

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of गुण
Nom. sg. गुणः (guṇaḥ)
Gen. sg. गुणस्य (guṇasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative गुणः (guṇaḥ) गुणौ (guṇau) गुणाः (guṇāḥ)
Vocative गुण (guṇa) गुणौ (guṇau) गुणाः (guṇāḥ)
Accusative गुणम् (guṇam) गुणौ (guṇau) गुणान् (guṇān)
Instrumental गुणेन (guṇena) गुणाभ्याम् (guṇābhyām) गुणैः (guṇaiḥ)
Dative गुणाय (guṇāya) गुणाभ्याम् (guṇābhyām) गुणेभ्यः (guṇebhyaḥ)
Ablative गुणात् (guṇāt) गुणाभ्याम् (guṇābhyām) गुणेभ्यः (guṇebhyaḥ)
Genitive गुणस्य (guṇasya) गुणयोः (guṇayoḥ) गुणानाम् (guṇānām)
Locative गुणे (guṇe) गुणयोः (guṇayoḥ) गुणेषु (guṇeṣu)

Descendants

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0357
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