# गम्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* গম্ (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
* গম্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဂမ် (Burmese script)
* ગમ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਗਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಗಮ್ (Kannada script)
* គម៑ (Khmer script)
* ຄມ຺ (Lao script)
* ഗമ് (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଗମ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢔꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ගම් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
* க³ம் (Tamil script)
* గమ్ (Telugu script)
* คมฺ (Thai script)
* ག་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *gam-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gam-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬨 (gam), Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), Old English cuman (whence English come).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡɐm/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɡɐm/

### Root

गम् • (gam)
* to go, move, come

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* गच्छति (gácchati, Present)
* गन्ति (gánti, Present)
* गमिष्यति (gamiṣyáti, Future)
* गन्ता (gantā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अगमत् (ágamat, Aorist)
* अगन् (ágan, Aorist)
* अगंस्त (ágaṃsta, Aorist)
* गम्यात् (gamyā́t, Benedictive)
* जगाम (jagā́ma, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* गम्यते (gamyáte, Passive)
* अगामि (agāmi, Passive Aorist)
* अगमि (agami, Passive Aorist)
* गमयति (gamáyati, Causative)
* जिगमिषति (jigamiṣati, Desiderative)
* जिगांसति (jigāṃsati, Desiderative)
* गनीगन्ति (gánīganti, Intensive)
* जङ्गन्ति (jaṅganti, Intensive)
* जङ्गमीति (jaṅgamīti, Intensive)
* जङ्गम्यते (jaṅgamyate, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* गत (gatá, “gone, departed, deceased; gone by; come”)
* गन्तुम् (gántum, Infinitive)
* गन्तोस् (gántos, Infinitive)
* गन्तवे (gántave, Infinitive)
* गन्तवै (gántavái, Infinitive)
* गत्वा (gatvā́, Gerund)
* गत्वाय (gatvā́ya, Gerund)
* गत्वी (gatvī́, Gerund)
* गम्य (gamya, Gerundive)
* गन्तव्य (gantavyà, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* गति (gáti, “going”)
* जगत् (jágat, “moving, animal, world”)
* ग (ga, “going”)
* गङ्गा (gaṅgā, “swift-goer, the Ganges”)
* गच्छ (gaccha, “lineage”)
* गम (gama, “going, course”)
* गमिन् (gamin, “intending to go”)
* गमन (gámana, “manner of going”)
* गमनीय (gamanīya, “accessible, approachable”)
* गमिष्ठ (gámiṣṭha, “most ready to go, most willing to come”)
* गमिष्णु (gamiṣṇú, “going”)
* अध्वगत् (adhvagat, “traveller”)
* सुगन्त्व (sugantva, “easily passed”)
* गन्तृ (gantṛ, “goer, mover, comer”)
* पूर्वगत्वन् (pūrvagatvan, “going to meet”)
* गत्वर (gatvara, “going to a place”)
* गामिन् (gāmin, “going anywhere”)
* गामुक (gāmuka, “going”)
* पृथुग्मन् (pṛthugman, “broad-pathed”)
* गमयितृ (gamayitṛ, “causing to arrive at, leading to”)
* गमयितव्य (gamayitavya, “spent (time)”)
* जग्मि (jágmi, “going, being in constant motion”)
* जिगत्नु (jigatnú, “going quickly, fleet”)
* जङ्गम (jaṅgama, “moving, locomotive”)
* जङ्गमन (jaṅgamana, “course”)
* जिगमिषु (jigamiṣu, “intending to go”)
* दुर्ग (durga, “unattainable, difficult to approach”)
* दुर्गा (durgā, Durga; literally "difficult to approach")
* संगम (saṃgamá, “a coming together, union”)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अतिगम् (atigam)
* अधिगम् (adhigam)
* आगम् (āgam)
* अनुगम् (anugam)
* अन्तर्गम् (antargam)
* अपगम् (apagam)
* अपिगम् (apigam)
* अभिगम् (abhigam)
* अवगम् (avagam)
* उद्गम् (udgam)
* उपगम् (upagam)
* निगम् (nigam)
* निर्गम् (nirgam)
* परागम् (parāgam)
* परिगम् (parigam)
* प्रतिगम् (pratigam)
* प्रगम् (pragam)
* विगम् (vigam)
* संगम् (saṃgam)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “गम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 346, column 3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 34
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 465-466