अङ्क

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

Noun

अङ्क • (aṅká) stemm (root अञ्च्)

  1. 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.
  2. (in the dual) part of a chariot
  3. curve
  4. 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')
  5. side, flank
  6. body
  7. proximity, place
  8. the bend in the arm
  9. any hook or crooked instrument
  10. curved line
  11. a numerical figure, cipher, a figure or mark branded on an animal etc.
  12. any mark, line, stroke, ornament, stigma
  13. a number
  14. the numbers one and nine
  15. coefficient
  16. act of a drama
  17. drama
  18. military show, sham-fight
  19. misdeed, sin

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्क
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)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀓 (aṃka)
    • Old Marathi:
      Devanagari script: आंक (āṃka)
      Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘎 (āṃka)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀓 (*aṃka-ḍa-ka)
  • Malay: 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)
  • Tamil: அங்கம் (aṅkam)
  • Thai: องก์ (ong)

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