अङ्कुश

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অঙ্কুশ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬗ᭄ᬓᬸᬰ (Balinese script)
অঙ্কুশ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰲𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀰 (Brahmi script)
အင်္ကုၐ (Burmese script)
અઙ્કુશ (Gujarati script)
ਅਙ੍ਕੁਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌶 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦔ꧀ꦏꦸꦯ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂳𑂬 (Kaithi script)
ಅಙ್ಕುಶ (Kannada script)
អង្កុឝ (Khmer script)
ອງ຺ກຸຨ (Lao script)
അങ്കുശ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᢛᡬᡠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘳𑘫 (Modi script)
ᠠᢊᢉᠤᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧔𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐸𑐱 (Newa script)
ଅଙ୍କୁଶ (Odia script)
ꢂꢖ꣄ꢒꢸꢯ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆶𑆯 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖲𑖫 (Siddham script)
අඞ‍්කුශ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩒𑩿 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚰𑚧 (Takri script)
அங்குஶ (Tamil script)
అఙ్కుశ (Telugu script)
องฺกุศ (Thai script)
ཨ་ངྐུ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒳𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨃𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“curve, bend”). Compare Persian (âkej, “hook”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐŋ.ku.ɕɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐŋ.ku.ɕɐ/

Noun

अङ्कुश • (aṅkuśa) stem, m or n

a hook, especially an elephant-driver's hook