अङ्ग
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
अङ्ग n
- Devanagari script form of aṅga
Declension
Declension table of "अङ्ग" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ) | अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) |
| Accusative (second) | अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ) | अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | अङ्गेन (aṅgena) | अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa) or अङ्गाय (aṅgāya) or अङ्गत्थं (aṅgatthaṃ) | अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | अङ्गस्मा (aṅgasmā) or अङ्गम्हा (aṅgamhā) or अङ्गा (aṅgā) | अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa) | अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | अङ्गस्मिं (aṅgasmiṃ) or अङ्गम्हि (aṅgamhi) or अङ्गे (aṅge) | अङ्गेसु (aṅgesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | अङ्ग (aṅga) | अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অঙ্গ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
- অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
- အင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
- અઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
- អង្គ (Khmer script)
- ອງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
- അങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
- ଅଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
- අඞ්ග (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
- அங்க³ (Tamil script)
- అఙ్గ (Telugu script)
- องฺค (Thai script)
- ཨ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-
Sanskrit अङ्ग॑ (áṅga)
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“corner”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́ŋ.ɡɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐŋ.ɡɐ/
Noun
अङ्ग॑ • (áṅga) stem, m
- a limb of the body
- a mental organ, the mind
- a limb, member
- the body
- a branch, division (e.g. of a science)
- (Vedic religion) Vedanga (six auxiliary disciplines connected to the study of the Vedas)
- (Jainism) Anga (the twelve sacred texts of the Jain canon)
- Synonym: आगम (āgama)
- a subdivision of a मन्त्र (mantra); a government department
- any subdivision, a supplement
- (grammar) the stem or base of a word, but in the strong cases only
- anything inferior or secondary, anything immaterial or unessential
- (rhetoric) an illustration
- (drama) the whole of the subordinate characters
- expedient
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अङ्गः (áṅgaḥ) | अङ्गौ (áṅgau) अङ्गा¹ (áṅgā¹) |
अङ्गाः (áṅgāḥ) अङ्गासः¹ (áṅgāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अङ्गम् (áṅgam) | अङ्गौ (áṅgau) अङ्गा¹ (áṅgā¹) |
अङ्गान् (áṅgān) |
| instrumental | अङ्गेन (áṅgena) | अङ्गाभ्याम् (áṅgābhyām) | अङ्गैः (áṅgaiḥ) अङ्गेभिः¹ (áṅgebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अङ्गाय (áṅgāya) | अङ्गाभ्याम् (áṅgābhyām) | अङ्गेभ्यः (áṅgebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अङ्गात् (áṅgāt) | अङ्गाभ्याम् (áṅgābhyām) | अङ्गेभ्यः (áṅgebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अङ्गस्य (áṅgasya) | अङ्गयोः (áṅgayoḥ) | अङ्गानाम् (áṅgānām) |
| locative | अङ्गे (áṅge) | अङ्गयोः (áṅgayoḥ) | अङ्गेषु (áṅgeṣu) |
| vocative | अङ्ग (áṅga) | अङ्गौ (áṅgau) अङ्गा¹ (áṅgā¹) |
अङ्गाः (áṅgāḥ) अङ्गासः¹ (áṅgāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- अङ्गक (aṅgaka)
- अङ्गिन् (aṅgín)
- अङ्गीय (aṅgīya, “relating to the Anga country”)
- अङ्ग्य (áṅgya)
- उद्घाटिताङ्ग (udghāṭitāṅga)
- चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga)
Descendants
- Borrowed terms
Etymology 2
Uncertain. The traditional derivation from अङ्ग् (aṅg, “to go”) is semantically unappealing. Others connect the word to Old Prussian anga (“whether”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐŋ.ɡɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐŋ.ɡɐ/
Particle
अ॒ङ्ग • (aṅgá)
- a particle implying attention, assent or desire, and sometimes impatience; it may be rendered by "well"
- indeed, true; please; rather; quick
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 7, columns 2-3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 48
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “anga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 6
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 30-1