अङ्गन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From the root अङ्ग् (aṅg) +‎ -अन (-ana). Alternatively, the meaning "yard, court" related to Tamil அங்காடி (aṅkāṭi, bazaar).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    अङ्गन • (aṅgana) stemn

    1. the act of walking (L.)
    2. "place to walk in", yard, court, area, courtyard

    Declension

    Neuter a-stem declension of अङ्गन
    singular dual plural
    nominative अङ्गनम् (aṅganam) अङ्गने (aṅgane) अङ्गनानि (aṅganāni)
    अङ्गना¹ (aṅganā¹)
    accusative अङ्गनम् (aṅganam) अङ्गने (aṅgane) अङ्गनानि (aṅganāni)
    अङ्गना¹ (aṅganā¹)
    instrumental अङ्गनेन (aṅganena) अङ्गनाभ्याम् (aṅganābhyām) अङ्गनैः (aṅganaiḥ)
    अङ्गनेभिः¹ (aṅganebhiḥ¹)
    dative अङ्गनाय (aṅganāya) अङ्गनाभ्याम् (aṅganābhyām) अङ्गनेभ्यः (aṅganebhyaḥ)
    ablative अङ्गनात् (aṅganāt) अङ्गनाभ्याम् (aṅganābhyām) अङ्गनेभ्यः (aṅganebhyaḥ)
    genitive अङ्गनस्य (aṅganasya) अङ्गनयोः (aṅganayoḥ) अङ्गनानाम् (aṅganānām)
    locative अङ्गने (aṅgane) अङ्गनयोः (aṅganayoḥ) अङ्गनेषु (aṅganeṣu)
    vocative अङ्गन (aṅgana) अङ्गने (aṅgane) अङ्गनानि (aṅganāni)
    अङ्गना¹ (aṅganā¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    • Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀡 (aṃgaṇa) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    • Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 8, column 1.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “aṅgana-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 6
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅgana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press