अँगरखा
Hindi
Alternative forms
- अंगरखा (aṅgarkhā)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔 (aṃgarakkha, literally “protecting the body”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “body, limb”) + रक्ष (rakṣa, “protecting”). Cognate with Marathi अंगरखा (aṅgarkhā)
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /əŋ.ɡəɾ.kʰɑː/, [ɐ̃ŋ.ɡɐɾ.kʰäː]
Noun
अँगरखा • (aṅgarkhā) m
- angarkha
- 2024, विवेक चतुर्वेदी, “औरत की बात”, in हिन्दवी[1]:
- औरत टाँक रही है बच्चे के अँगरखे पर सुनहरा गोट
- aurat ṭā̃k rahī hai bacce ke aṅgarkhe par sunahrā goṭ
- A woman is stitching a golden hem onto a child's angarkha
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अँगरखा aṅgarkhā |
अँगरखे aṅgarkhe |
| oblique | अँगरखे aṅgarkhe |
अँगरखों aṅgarkhõ |
| vocative | अँगरखे aṅgarkhe |
अँगरखो aṅgarkho |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अँगरखा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*aṅgarakṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 6