English Online Dictionary. What means ghana? What does ghana mean?
English
Etymology
From Maltese għana, from Arabic غِناء (ḡināʔ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑːnə/ (approaching Maltese)
Noun
ghana (uncountable)
- (music) A style of Maltese folk singing
Anagrams
- Gahan, Hagan
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit घन (ghana, “compact mass or substance”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.na/
- Rhymes: -na
- Homophone: gaṇa
- Hyphenation: gha‧na
Noun
ghana
- cloud
Derived terms
Descendants
- > Javanese: ꦒꦤ (gana) (inherited)
- → Balinese: ᬖᬦ (gana)
Further reading
- "ghana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.