अञ्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

अच् (ac)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অঞ্চ্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬜ᭄ᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
অঞ্চ্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀜𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အဉ္စ် (Burmese script)
અઞ્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਞ੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌞𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦚ꧀ꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅಞ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
អញ្ច៑ (Khmer script)
ອຎ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
അഞ്ച് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᡛᢋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐘𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅଞ୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢛ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆚𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
අඤ්‍ච් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩥 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
அஞ்ச் (Tamil script)
అఞ్చ్ (Telugu script)
อญฺจฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་ཉྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒘𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hanč-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɲt͡ɕ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɲt͡ɕ/

Root

अञ्च् • (añc)

to bend, curve, incline, curl
to revere
to honour
to tend, move, go, wander about
to request
to unfold, make clear, produce
to be desirous of bending
turned to; going or directed towards

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अञ्च् (0 c, 8 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अञ्च् (11 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

अञ्चति (áñcati) (Present)
अचति (ácati) (Present)
अञ्चिष्यति (añciṣyáti) (Future)
अञ्चिता (añcitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
आञ्चीत् (ā́ñcīt) (Aorist)
आनञ्च (ānáñca) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

अच्यते (acyáte) (Passive)
अञ्च्यते (añcyáte) (Passive)
अञ्चयति (añcáyati) (Causative)
अङ्कयति (aṅkáyati) (Causative)
अञ्चिचिषति (añciciṣati) (Desiderative)

Non-Finite Forms

अक्न (akná) (Past Participle)
अचित (acitá) (Past Participle)
अञ्चित (añcitá) (Past Participle)
अक्त (aktá) (Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

अञ्च (añca)
अञ्चती (añcatī)
अञ्चन (añcana)
अन्वञ्च् (anvañc) (→ अनूक (anūka))
अङ्क (aṅka)
अङ्कस् (aṅkas)

Prefixed Root Forms

आञ्च् (āñc)
उदञ्च् (udañc)
उपाञ्च् (upāñc)
न्यञ्च् (nyañc)
व्यञ्च् (vyañc)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अञ्च्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 10, column 3.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 1

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 52-3