अङ्गुष्ठ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অঙ্গুষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕᬸᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
- অঙ্গুষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰲𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
- အင်္ဂုၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
- અઙ્ગુષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਙ੍ਗੁਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒꦸꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂳𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಙ್ಗುಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
- អង្គុឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
- ອງ຺ຄຸຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
- അങ്ഗുഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢛᡤᡠᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘳𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢊᠺᠤᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧔𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐸𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
- ଅଙ୍ଗୁଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔꢸꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆶𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖲𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
- අඞ්ගුෂ්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩒𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚰𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
- அங்கு³ஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
- అఙ్గుష్ఠ (Telugu script)
- องฺคุษฺฐ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ངྒུ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒳𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨃𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hangúštʰas (“thumb, big toe”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“joint”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬀 (aṇgušta), Middle Persian ʾngwst' (angust) (whence Persian انگشت (angošt)). Also related to अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri), अङ्गुलि (aṅgúli), अङ्ग (aṅgá).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐŋ.ɡúʂ.ʈʰɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐŋ.ɡuʂ.ʈʰɐ/
Noun
अङ्गुष्ठ • (aṅgúṣṭha) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अङ्गुष्ठः (aṅgúṣṭhaḥ) | अङ्गुष्ठौ (aṅgúṣṭhau) अङ्गुष्ठा¹ (aṅgúṣṭhā¹) |
अङ्गुष्ठाः (aṅgúṣṭhāḥ) अङ्गुष्ठासः¹ (aṅgúṣṭhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अङ्गुष्ठम् (aṅgúṣṭham) | अङ्गुष्ठौ (aṅgúṣṭhau) अङ्गुष्ठा¹ (aṅgúṣṭhā¹) |
अङ्गुष्ठान् (aṅgúṣṭhān) |
| instrumental | अङ्गुष्ठेन (aṅgúṣṭhena) | अङ्गुष्ठाभ्याम् (aṅgúṣṭhābhyām) | अङ्गुष्ठैः (aṅgúṣṭhaiḥ) अङ्गुष्ठेभिः¹ (aṅgúṣṭhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अङ्गुष्ठाय (aṅgúṣṭhāya) | अङ्गुष्ठाभ्याम् (aṅgúṣṭhābhyām) | अङ्गुष्ठेभ्यः (aṅgúṣṭhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अङ्गुष्ठात् (aṅgúṣṭhāt) | अङ्गुष्ठाभ्याम् (aṅgúṣṭhābhyām) | अङ्गुष्ठेभ्यः (aṅgúṣṭhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अङ्गुष्ठस्य (aṅgúṣṭhasya) | अङ्गुष्ठयोः (aṅgúṣṭhayoḥ) | अङ्गुष्ठानाम् (aṅgúṣṭhānām) |
| locative | अङ्गुष्ठे (aṅgúṣṭhe) | अङ्गुष्ठयोः (aṅgúṣṭhayoḥ) | अङ्गुष्ठेषु (aṅgúṣṭheṣu) |
| vocative | अङ्गुष्ठ (áṅguṣṭha) | अङ्गुष्ठौ (áṅguṣṭhau) अङ्गुष्ठा¹ (áṅguṣṭhā¹) |
अङ्गुष्ठाः (áṅguṣṭhāḥ) अङ्गुष्ठासः¹ (áṅguṣṭhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- अङ्गुष्ठ्य (aṅguṣṭhya)
- अङ्गुष्ठिका (aṅguṣṭhikā)
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: نٮ۪ٹھ (nyŏṭh)
- Torwali: [script needed] (aṅgū́ṭh)
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: औंठी (auṇṭhī)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṃguṭṭha)
- Marathi: अंगठा (aṅgṭhā)
- Konkani: अंगठो (aṅgṭho)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਅੰਗੂਠਾ (aṅgūṭhā /aṅgūṭṭhā/)
- Pali: aṅguṭṭha
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Romani: anguśt
- → Bengali: অঙ্গুষ্ঠ (oṅguśṭho)
- → Telugu: అంగుళము (aṅguḷamu)
See also
- अङ्गुली (aṅgulī)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गुष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0008/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 49
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University