Gangeticadj.n.

Brit.

/ɡanˈdʒɛtɪk/, U.S.

/ɡænˈdʒɛdɪk/

Forms: 1600s Gangetick, 1600s Gangetique, 1700s– Gangetic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Gangēticus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Gangēticus of or relating to the River Ganges, Indian < Hellenistic Greek Γαγγητικός < Γάγγης , the name of the River Ganges (classical Latin Gangēs , Sanskrit Gaṅgā , ultimately < gam- to go, move: see come v.) + -τικός , suffix forming adjectives. Compare slightly earlier Gangic adj.The name of the River Ganges occurs in English contexts from Old English onwards, in Old English as Gandis, Gandes, Gande (after post-classical Latin Gandes), in Middle English as Ganges, Gangus.

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to the River Ganges in northern India.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > specific rivers > [adjective]

Pactolian1586

Amazonian1605

Gangic1606

Gangetic1625

Gambian1750

Thamesian1859

Indo-Gangetic1880

1625 T. Heywood Funeral Elegie Death King Iames sig. B Let the Gangetick shores their Emperors boast.

1776 J. Bryant New Syst. III. 198 One region of the Gangetic country was named Cathaia, and the people Cathaians.

1798 Crit. Rev. Dec. 428 The course of the river is traced from its source in the kingdom of Thibet; and the Gangetic towns and forts are successively described.

1808 F. Wilford in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 8 298 The factitious soil of the Gangetic provinces..has been brought down by the alluvions of rivers.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. iii. iii. 265 He now applied the powerful engine he had gained to..three other columns in Gangetic India.

1907 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Nov. 1449/1 Malarial fever was severe, especially in the Gangetic district of Rajshaye, in which waterlogging..is common.

1943 T. A. Raman Rep. on India i. 9 The seeds of ancient crafts like handspinning and weaving still flourish in the Gangetic plain.

1989 V. Singh In Search of River Goddess 13 I saw Jaya, wearing a light grey pashmeena shawl, soaked wet in the colours of a Gangetic sunrise.

2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 20 Apr. 1517/2 The continuing decline in governance and financial discipline in..the populous states of the Gangetic plain.

2. In the names of aquatic animals found in the River Ganges.Frequently translating the scientific Latin specific name gangeticus.Recorded earliest in Gangetic crocodile n. at Compounds.

ΚΠ

1800 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature I. 656 [Lacerta] Gangetica... Gangetic Crocodile. Inhabits the Senegal and Ganges.

1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 460 The Gangetic Shark (Carcharias gangeticus).

1937 Jrnl. Parasitol. 23 342 An Entamoeba sp. from a Gangetic turtle, Trionyx gangeticus.

2006 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 39 118 Anderson particularly criticized him for naming the Gangetic mud tortoises simply on the basis of a Cuvier drawing.

†B. n.

A person who lives on the banks of the Ganges. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of

Malabar1582

Gujaratic1607

Bengalan1613

Goan1652

Hindustan1662

Macassar1665

Gangetic1677

Malabarian1709

Mysorean1761

Bengalese1778

Assamese1794

Hindustani1813

Marwari1815

Sindhi1815

mofussilite1828

Mizo1832

Goanese1835

Punjabi1843

Bengali1848

Sindian1849

Madrasi1851

Toda1851

Hindia1853

Lushai1862

Kashmirian1876

Kashmir1882

Kashmiri1882

Konkani1885

ditcher1886

Ladakhi1893

Bihari1897

Sikkimese1938

Rajasthani1947

Maharashtrian1953

1677 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (rev. ed.) 57 The Romans embalm; the Gangetiques drown.

Compounds

Gangetic crocodile n. the gharial or gavial, Gavialis gangeticus.

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1800Gangetic Crocodile [see sense A. 2].

1864 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 9) ii. xviii. 277 The Gangetic crocodile, or Gavial (in correct orthography, Garial), is confined to the fresh water, living exclusively on fish.

1922 Encycl. Americana XX. 332/1 The gharial, or gangetic crocodile..varies it [sc. egg-laying] by burying its eggs deeply in two layers, with a thick layer of sand between them.

2007 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 4 Dec. Chitwan also boasts other wildlife such as snouted gharials (Gangetic crocodile)..and Indian elephants.

Gangetic dolphin n. a South Asian river dolphin of the (now endangered) subspecies Platanista gangetica gangetica (family Platanistidae), which is blind and swims on its side.

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1823 tr. J. P. F. Deleuze Hist. & Descr. Royal Mus. Nat. Hist. II. App. 586 M. Duvaucel..has just sent us the skeleton of..a gangetic dolphin more than 6 feet long.

1913 A. Hopewell-Smith Introd. Dental Anat. & Physiol. iii. 68 The Gangetic dolphin, which lives in the fresh water of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus Rivers, possesses one hundred and twenty teeth.

2008 New Yorker 21 Apr. 69/2 Fifty-three species of reptiles are harbored here.., and at least fifty species of mammals, including the endangered Irrawaddy and Gangetic dolphins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gangetic
释义	Gangeticadj.n. Brit. /ɡanˈdʒɛtɪk/, U.S. /ɡænˈdʒɛdɪk/ Forms: 1600s Gangetick, 1600s Gangetique, 1700s– Gangetic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Gangēticus. Etymology: < classical Latin Gangēticus of or relating to the River Ganges, Indian < Hellenistic Greek Γαγγητικός < Γάγγης , the name of the River Ganges (classical Latin Gangēs , Sanskrit Gaṅgā , ultimately < gam- to go, move: see come v.) + -τικός , suffix forming adjectives. Compare slightly earlier Gangic adj.The name of the River Ganges occurs in English contexts from Old English onwards, in Old English as Gandis, Gandes, Gande (after post-classical Latin Gandes), in Middle English as Ganges, Gangus. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to the River Ganges in northern India. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > specific rivers > [adjective] Pactolian1586 Amazonian1605 Gangic1606 Gangetic1625 Gambian1750 Thamesian1859 Indo-Gangetic1880 1625 T. Heywood Funeral Elegie Death King Iames sig. B Let the Gangetick shores their Emperors boast. 1776 J. Bryant New Syst. III. 198 One region of the Gangetic country was named Cathaia, and the people Cathaians. 1798 Crit. Rev. Dec. 428 The course of the river is traced from its source in the kingdom of Thibet; and the Gangetic towns and forts are successively described. 1808 F. Wilford in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 8 298 The factitious soil of the Gangetic provinces..has been brought down by the alluvions of rivers. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. iii. iii. 265 He now applied the powerful engine he had gained to..three other columns in Gangetic India. 1907 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Nov. 1449/1 Malarial fever was severe, especially in the Gangetic district of Rajshaye, in which waterlogging..is common. 1943 T. A. Raman Rep. on India i. 9 The seeds of ancient crafts like handspinning and weaving still flourish in the Gangetic plain. 1989 V. Singh In Search of River Goddess 13 I saw Jaya, wearing a light grey pashmeena shawl, soaked wet in the colours of a Gangetic sunrise. 2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 20 Apr. 1517/2 The continuing decline in governance and financial discipline in..the populous states of the Gangetic plain. 2. In the names of aquatic animals found in the River Ganges.Frequently translating the scientific Latin specific name gangeticus.Recorded earliest in Gangetic crocodile n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1800 W. Turton tr. C. Linnaeus Gen. Syst. Nature I. 656 [Lacerta] Gangetica... Gangetic Crocodile. Inhabits the Senegal and Ganges. 1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 460 The Gangetic Shark (Carcharias gangeticus). 1937 Jrnl. Parasitol. 23 342 An Entamoeba sp. from a Gangetic turtle, Trionyx gangeticus. 2006 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 39 118 Anderson particularly criticized him for naming the Gangetic mud tortoises simply on the basis of a Cuvier drawing. †B. n. A person who lives on the banks of the Ganges. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of Malabar1582 Gujaratic1607 Bengalan1613 Goan1652 Hindustan1662 Macassar1665 Gangetic1677 Malabarian1709 Mysorean1761 Bengalese1778 Assamese1794 Hindustani1813 Marwari1815 Sindhi1815 mofussilite1828 Mizo1832 Goanese1835 Punjabi1843 Bengali1848 Sindian1849 Madrasi1851 Toda1851 Hindia1853 Lushai1862 Kashmirian1876 Kashmir1882 Kashmiri1882 Konkani1885 ditcher1886 Ladakhi1893 Bihari1897 Sikkimese1938 Rajasthani1947 Maharashtrian1953 1677 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (rev. ed.) 57 The Romans embalm; the Gangetiques drown. Compounds Gangetic crocodile n. the gharial or gavial, Gavialis gangeticus. ΚΠ 1800Gangetic Crocodile [see sense A. 2]. 1864 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 9) ii. xviii. 277 The Gangetic crocodile, or Gavial (in correct orthography, Garial), is confined to the fresh water, living exclusively on fish. 1922 Encycl. Americana XX. 332/1 The gharial, or gangetic crocodile..varies it [sc. egg-laying] by burying its eggs deeply in two layers, with a thick layer of sand between them. 2007 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 4 Dec. Chitwan also boasts other wildlife such as snouted gharials (Gangetic crocodile)..and Indian elephants. Gangetic dolphin n. a South Asian river dolphin of the (now endangered) subspecies Platanista gangetica gangetica (family Platanistidae), which is blind and swims on its side. ΚΠ 1823 tr. J. P. F. Deleuze Hist. & Descr. Royal Mus. Nat. Hist. II. App. 586 M. Duvaucel..has just sent us the skeleton of..a gangetic dolphin more than 6 feet long. 1913 A. Hopewell-Smith Introd. Dental Anat. & Physiol. iii. 68 The Gangetic dolphin, which lives in the fresh water of the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus Rivers, possesses one hundred and twenty teeth. 2008 New Yorker 21 Apr. 69/2 Fifty-three species of reptiles are harbored here.., and at least fifty species of mammals, including the endangered Irrawaddy and Gangetic dolphins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1625
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