अङ्गुल
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- অঙ্গুল (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕᬸᬮ (Balinese script)
- অঙ্গুল (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰲𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- အင်္ဂုလ (Burmese script)
- અઙ્ગુલ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਙ੍ਗੁਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍁𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒꦸꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂳𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಙ್ಗುಲ (Kannada script)
- អង្គុល (Khmer script)
- ອງ຺ຄຸລ (Lao script)
- അങ്ഗുല (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢛᡤᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘳𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢊᠺᠤᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧔𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐸𑐮 (Newa script)
- ଅଙ୍ଗୁଲ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔꢸꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆶𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖲𑖩 (Siddham script)
- අඞ්ගුල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩒𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚰𑚥 (Takri script)
- அங்கு³ல (Tamil script)
- అఙ్గుల (Telugu script)
- องฺคุล (Thai script)
- ཨ་ངྒུ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒳𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨃𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Related to अङ्गुलि (aṅguli), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐŋ.ɡu.lɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐŋ.ɡu.l̪ɐ/
Noun
अङ्गुल • (aṅgula) stem, m
- finger; thumb
- fingerbreadth; a measure equal to eight barley-corns; 12 in a वितस्ति (vitasti, “span, foot”) and 24 in a हस्त (hasta, “cubit”, literally “hand”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अङ्गुलः (aṅgulaḥ) | अङ्गुलौ (aṅgulau) अङ्गुला¹ (aṅgulā¹) |
अङ्गुलाः (aṅgulāḥ) अङ्गुलासः¹ (aṅgulāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अङ्गुलम् (aṅgulam) | अङ्गुलौ (aṅgulau) अङ्गुला¹ (aṅgulā¹) |
अङ्गुलान् (aṅgulān) |
| instrumental | अङ्गुलेन (aṅgulena) | अङ्गुलाभ्याम् (aṅgulābhyām) | अङ्गुलैः (aṅgulaiḥ) अङ्गुलेभिः¹ (aṅgulebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अङ्गुलाय (aṅgulāya) | अङ्गुलाभ्याम् (aṅgulābhyām) | अङ्गुलेभ्यः (aṅgulebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अङ्गुलात् (aṅgulāt) | अङ्गुलाभ्याम् (aṅgulābhyām) | अङ्गुलेभ्यः (aṅgulebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अङ्गुलस्य (aṅgulasya) | अङ्गुलयोः (aṅgulayoḥ) | अङ्गुलानाम् (aṅgulānām) |
| locative | अङ्गुले (aṅgule) | अङ्गुलयोः (aṅgulayoḥ) | अङ्गुलेषु (aṅguleṣu) |
| vocative | अङ्गुल (aṅgula) | अङ्गुलौ (aṅgulau) अङ्गुला¹ (aṅgulā¹) |
अङ्गुलाः (aṅgulāḥ) अङ्गुलासः¹ (aṅgulāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: aṅgula
- Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀼𑀮 (aṃgula) (see there for further descendants)
- Borrowed terms
- → Tamil: அங்குலம் (aṅkulam)
- → Telugu: అంగుళము (aṅguḷamu)
See also
- अङ्गुलि (aṅguli)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गुल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0008.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अङ्गुलः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 27
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅgula”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 7