अङ्क
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অঙ্ক (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬗ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
- অঙ্ক (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- အင်္က (Burmese script)
- અઙ્ક (Gujarati script)
- ਅਙ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦔ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಙ್ಕ (Kannada script)
- អង្ក (Khmer script)
- ອງ຺ກ (Lao script)
- അങ്ക (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢛᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢊᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଅଙ୍କ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢖ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
- අඞ්ක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
- அங்க (Tamil script)
- అఙ్క (Telugu script)
- องฺก (Thai script)
- ཨ་ངྐ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hankás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánkas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos, from *h₂enk- (“curve, bend”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos), Latin uncus, Old East Slavic паукъ (paukŭ).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐŋ.kɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐŋ.kɐ/
Noun
अङ्क • (aṅká) stem, m (root अञ्च्)
- hook
- RV 1.162.13d
- यन नीक्षणं मांस्पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्णासेचनानि |
- ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणामङकाः सूनाःपरि भूषन्त्यश्वम ||
- yan nīkṣaṇaṃ māṃspacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇaāsecanāni |
- ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇāmaṅkāḥ sūnāḥpari bhūṣantyaśvam ||
- The trial-fork of the flesh-cooking caldron, the vessels out of which the broth is sprinkled,
- The warming-pots, the covers of the dishes, hooks, carving-boards,—all these attend the Charger.
- RV 1.162.13d
- (in the dual) part of a chariot
- curve
- the curve in the human, especially the female, figure above the hip (where infants sitting, astride are carried by mothers hence often = 'breast' or 'lap')
- side, flank
- body
- proximity, place
- the bend in the arm
- any hook or crooked instrument
- curved line
- a numerical figure, cipher, a figure or mark branded on an animal etc.
- any mark, line, stroke, ornament, stigma
- a number
- the numbers one and nine
- coefficient
- act of a drama
- drama
- military show, sham-fight
- misdeed, sin
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अङ्कः (aṅkáḥ) | अङ्कौ (aṅkaú) अङ्का¹ (aṅkā́¹) |
अङ्काः (aṅkā́ḥ) अङ्कासः¹ (aṅkā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | अङ्कम् (aṅkám) | अङ्कौ (aṅkaú) अङ्का¹ (aṅkā́¹) |
अङ्कान् (aṅkā́n) |
| instrumental | अङ्केन (aṅkéna) | अङ्काभ्याम् (aṅkā́bhyām) | अङ्कैः (aṅkaíḥ) अङ्केभिः¹ (aṅkébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अङ्काय (aṅkā́ya) | अङ्काभ्याम् (aṅkā́bhyām) | अङ्केभ्यः (aṅkébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अङ्कात् (aṅkā́t) | अङ्काभ्याम् (aṅkā́bhyām) | अङ्केभ्यः (aṅkébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अङ्कस्य (aṅkásya) | अङ्कयोः (aṅkáyoḥ) | अङ्कानाम् (aṅkā́nām) |
| locative | अङ्के (aṅké) | अङ्कयोः (aṅkáyoḥ) | अङ्केषु (aṅkéṣu) |
| vocative | अङ्क (áṅka) | अङ्कौ (áṅkau) अङ्का¹ (áṅkā¹) |
अङ्काः (áṅkāḥ) अङ्कासः¹ (áṅkāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀓 (*aṃka-ḍa-ka)
- Bengali: আঁকড়া (ãkoṛa)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀓 (aṃka)
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari script: आंक (āṃka)
- Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘎 (āṃka)
- Old Marathi:
- ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀓 (*aṃka-ḍa-ka)
- Marathi: आकडा (ākḍā)
- Malay: angka
- Indonesian: angka
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀕 (*aṃka-ḍa-ga)
- → Hindi: अंक (aṅk)
- → Malayalam: അങ്കം (aṅkaṁ), അക്കം (akkaṁ)
- → Old Marathi:
- Devanagari script: अंक (aṃka)
- Modi script: 𑘀𑘽𑘎 (aṃka)
- → Marathi: अंक (aṅka)
- → Tamil: அங்கம் (aṅkam)
- → Thai: องก์ (ong)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 7, column 1.