# गै
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* गा (gā)

### Alternative scripts

* গৈ (Assamese script)
* ᬕᬿ (Balinese script)
* গৈ (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰹 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑁃 (Brahmi script)
* ဂဲ (Burmese script)
* ગૈ (Gujarati script)
* ਗੈ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑍈 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦻ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂶 (Kaithi script)
* ಗೈ (Kannada script)
* គៃ (Khmer script)
* ໄຄ (Lao script)
* ഗൈ (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᠠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘺 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠧᠧ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧛 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑐿 (Newa script)
* ଗୈ (Odia script)
* ꢔꣀ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑆽 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖹 (Siddham script)
* ගෛ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞𑩗 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚳 (Takri script)
* கை³ (Tamil script)
* గై (Telugu script)
* ไค (Thai script)
* གཻ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑒻 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑨇 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *geH- (“to sing, cry”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs, the Gathas”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡɑːj/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɡɑj/

### Root

गै • (gai)
* to sing, recite
* to praise in song
* to relate in metrical language

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

* गायति (gā́yati, Present)
* गास्यति (gāsyáti, Future)
* गाता (gātā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अगासीत् (ágāsīt, Aorist)
* गेयात् (geyā́t, Benedictive)
* जगौ (jagáu, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* गीयते (gīyáte, Passive)
* अगायि (ágāyi, Passive Aorist)
* गापयति (gāpáyati, Causative)
* अजीगपत् (ájīgapat, Causative Aorist)
* जिगासति (jigāsati, Desiderative)
* जेगीयते (jegīyate, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* गीत (gītá, Past Participle)
* गातुम् (gātum, Infinitive)
* गीत्वा (gītvā́, Gerund)
* गेय (geya, Gerundive)
* गातव्य (gātavya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* गातृ (gātṛ)
* गाथ (gāthá)
* गाथा (gā́thā, “verse, stanza”)
* गान (gāna, “song”)
* गायक (gāyaka)
* गायत्र (gāyatrá)
* गायत्री (gāyatrī́, “the Gayatri metre”)
* गायन (gāyana)
* गीता (gītā, “song”)
* गीति (gīti)
* गेष्ण (geṣṇa)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुगै (anugai)
* अपगै (apagai)
* अभिगै (abhigai)
* आगै (āgai)
* उद्गै (udgai)
* उपगै (upagai)
* निगै (nigai)
* परिगै (parigai)
* प्रगै (pragai)
* विगै (vigai)
* संगै (saṃgai)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “गै”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 363, column 2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गै”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 35
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “गै”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “GĀ²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 482-3
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “355”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 355
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356