ganga
ガンガ
解説 Definition
Ganga はインドでガンジス川を指す名前 Ganga(ガンガ)として使われます。ヒンドゥー教の女神の名でもありますが、一般には地名・河川名として出てくることが多い語です。
Ganga is the Indian name for the river widely known in English as the Ganges, a major river of northern India and Bangladesh. The same name also refers to the river goddess in Hindu tradition and is normally capitalized.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
河川名・女神名なので通常は Ganga と大文字で書き、「ガンガ」と読む。英語で伝統的に使われる Ganges「ガンジス川」と同じ川を指す名前として結び付ける。Ganga is a river、along the banks of Ganga のように用い、一般名詞 river を添える場合でも固有名詞部分は大文字にする。
Remember Ganga as a proper name and capitalize it. It is the Indian name for the river traditionally called the Ganges in English, so link the two forms rather than imagining two different rivers. Common patterns include the banks of the Ganga and life near the Ganga. The name also belongs to the Hindu goddess associated with the river, which explains why geographical and religious references may overlap. Adding river does not change the capitalization: write the Ganga River or the river Ganga according to context.
例文
Ganga is an important river in northern India.
ガンガはインド北部の重要な川です。
Many towns stand along the banks of Ganga.
ガンガの川岸には多くの町があります。
The documentary showed daily life near Ganga during the dry season.
そのドキュメンタリーは、乾季のガンガ周辺での日常生活を映していました。
ganga の類義語・関連語
類義語
派生語
ganga の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Ganga はヒンディー語・サンスクリット語 Ganga の転写で、英語 Ganges と並ぶ同根語。サンスクリットの語根 gam「行く」と結びつけられ、「流れて進むもの」という感覚が川の名に重なる。関連語は Ganges, come。
Ganga is an English transliteration of Hindi and Sanskrit Gaṅgā, the traditional name of the river and its associated goddess. Ganges is the conventional English form transmitted through Greek and Latin. The Sanskrit name has sometimes been connected with the root gam, “to go,” fitting the image of flowing movement, although that analysis should be treated as a traditional association rather than a certain derivation.
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