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Ganesha

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • South-Asia: /ɡəˈneːʃ(ə)/
  • Western: /ɡəˈneɪʃə/
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1

name

Meaning 1

A Hindu god of intellect, wisdom, gates, and beginnings, son of Parvati and Shiva.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Hinduism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The psychedelic drug 2,5-dimethoxy-3,4-dimethylamphetamine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ganesh, Ganesa, Ganapati

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Hindu deity

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गणेश (gaṇeśa).

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Assamese: গণেশ (gonex) — Hindu god
  • Bengali: গণেশ (goneś) — Hindu god
  • Bulgarian: Гане́ша (Ganéša) — Hindu god
  • Burmese: မဟာပိန္နဲ (ma.hapinnai:) — Hindu god
  • Catalan: Ganesha — Hindu god
  • Chinese Mandarin: 象神 (Xiàngshén) — Hindu god
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歡喜天 /欢喜天 — Hindu god
  • Chinese Mandarin: 象頭神 /象头神 — Hindu god
  • Chinese Mandarin: 伽內什 /伽内什 — Hindu god
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迦尼薩 /迦尼萨 — Hindu god
  • Czech: Ganéša — Hindu god
  • Danish: Ganesha — Hindu god
  • Dutch: Ganesh — Hindu god
  • Dutch: Ganesha — Hindu god
  • Finnish: Ganesha — Hindu god
  • French: Ganesh — Hindu god
  • German: Ganesha — Hindu god
  • Gujarati: ગણપતિ (gaṇpati) — Hindu god
  • Gujarati: ગણપતિં (gaṇaptĩ) — Hindu god
  • Hebrew: גנש — Hindu god
  • Hindi: गणेश (gaṇeś) — Hindu god
  • Italian: Ganesha — Hindu god
  • Japanese: ガネーシャ (ganēsha) — Hindu god
  • Kannada: ಗಣೇಶ (gaṇēśa) — Hindu god
  • Kannada: ಗಣಪತಿ (gaṇapati) — Hindu god
  • Khmer: វិឃ្នេស (vikneih) — Hindu god
  • Khmer: ឍុណ្ឍិ (thunthi) — Hindu god
  • Korean: 가네샤 (ganesya) — Hindu god
  • Latin: Ganesha — Hindu god
  • Lithuanian: Ganešas — Hindu god
  • Malayalam: ഗണേശന് (gaṇēśaṉ) — Hindu god
  • Marathi: गणपती (gaṇpatī) — Hindu god
  • Old Marathi: 𑘐𑘜𑘢𑘝𑘲 (gaṇapatī) — Hindu god
  • Odia: ଗଣେଶ (gaṇeśa) — Hindu god
  • Polish: Ganeśa — Hindu god
  • Portuguese: Ganexa — Hindu god
  • Prakrit: 𑀕𑀡𑀯𑀇 (gaṇavaï) — Hindu god
  • Punjabi: ਗਣੇਸ਼ (gaṇeś) — Hindu god
  • Russian: Гане́ша (Ganéša) — Hindu god
  • Sanskrit: गणेश (gaṇeśa) — Hindu god
  • Sanskrit: गणपतिं (gaṇapatiṃ) — Hindu god
  • Sanskrit: गणपति (gaṇapati) — Hindu god
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ганеш — Hindu god
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ganeš — Hindu god
  • Slovene: Ganeša — Hindu god
  • Spanish: Ganesha — Hindu god
  • Swedish: Ganesha — Hindu god
  • Tamil: பிள்ளையார் (piḷḷaiyār) — Hindu god
  • Tamil: விநாயகர் (vināyakar) — Hindu god
  • Tamil: கணபதி (kaṇapati) — Hindu god
  • Telugu: గణేశుడు (gaṇēśuḍu) — Hindu god
  • Telugu: గణపతి (gaṇapati) — Hindu god
  • Thai: พระคเณศ (Prá Ká-nêet) — Hindu god
  • Urdu: گنیش (ganeś) — Hindu god
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