आञ्छ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Uncertain. Artificial coinage, maybe abstracted from a *-sḱéti present of the root अम् (am, to seize).[1]

Pronunciation

Root

आञ्छ् • (āñch)

  1. to stretch, draw into the right position, set (a bone or leg)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 20

Further reading

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आञ्छ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016