आण्ड
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আণ্ড (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
- আণ্ড (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
- အာဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
- આણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
- ਆਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
- អាណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
- ອາຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
- ആണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
- ଆଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
- ආණ්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
- ஆண்ட³ (Tamil script)
- ఆణ్డ (Telugu script)
- อาณฺฑ (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. A middle Vedic corruption of an earlier *āndrá, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *āndrám; compare Kalasha ónḍrak (“egg”).
Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-dʰró-m, from *h₁én (“in”), compare Proto-Slavic *ędro (“kernel”). Or perhaps related to Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (“egg”) and reshaped under the influence of a substrate term, perhaps the origin for पिण्ड (piṇḍa, “lump”) and मण्डल (maṇḍala, “circle”), which also denote round things.
Per Kuiper, borrowed from Proto-Munda [Term?], compare Sora [script needed] (adre, “egg”), Kharia [script needed] (eṇḍá, “egg”);[1] however, it is more likely that the Munda terms are Indo-Aryan loans.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑːɳ.ɖɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑːɳ.ɖɐ/
Noun
आ॒ण्ड • (āṇḍá) stem, m
- an egg
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.68.7:
- बृहस्पतिरमत हि त्यदासां नाम स्वरीणां सदने गुहा यत् ।
आण्डेव भित्त्वा शकुनस्य गर्भमुदुस्रियाः पर्वतस्य त्मनाजत् ॥- bṛhaspatiramata hi tyadāsāṃ nāma svarīṇāṃ sadane guhā yat.
āṇḍeva bhittvā śakunasya garbhamudusriyāḥ parvatasya tmanājat. - That secret name borne by the lowing cattle within the cave Bṛhaspati discovered,
And drove, himself, the bright kine from the mountain, like a bird's young after the egg's breaking.
- bṛhaspatiramata hi tyadāsāṃ nāma svarīṇāṃ sadane guhā yat.
- बृहस्पतिरमत हि त्यदासां नाम स्वरीणां सदने गुहा यत् ।
- (in the dual) the testicles
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 9.7.13:
- क्रोधो वृक्कौ मन्युर् आण्डौ प्रजा शेपः ॥
- krodho vṛkkau manyur āṇḍau prajā śepaḥ.
- Wrath [represents] the kidneys, anger the testes, offspring the generative organ [of the Divine Bull].
- क्रोधो वृक्कौ मन्युर् आण्डौ प्रजा शेपः ॥
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आण्डः (āṇḍáḥ) | आण्डौ (āṇḍaú) आण्डा¹ (āṇḍā́¹) |
आण्डाः (āṇḍā́ḥ) आण्डासः¹ (āṇḍā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | आण्डम् (āṇḍám) | आण्डौ (āṇḍaú) आण्डा¹ (āṇḍā́¹) |
आण्डान् (āṇḍā́n) |
| instrumental | आण्डेन (āṇḍéna) | आण्डाभ्याम् (āṇḍā́bhyām) | आण्डैः (āṇḍaíḥ) आण्डेभिः¹ (āṇḍébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | आण्डाय (āṇḍā́ya) | आण्डाभ्याम् (āṇḍā́bhyām) | आण्डेभ्यः (āṇḍébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आण्डात् (āṇḍā́t) | आण्डाभ्याम् (āṇḍā́bhyām) | आण्डेभ्यः (āṇḍébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आण्डस्य (āṇḍásya) | आण्डयोः (āṇḍáyoḥ) | आण्डानाम् (āṇḍā́nām) |
| locative | आण्डे (āṇḍé) | आण्डयोः (āṇḍáyoḥ) | आण्डेषु (āṇḍéṣu) |
| vocative | आण्ड (ā́ṇḍa) | आण्डौ (ā́ṇḍau) आण्डा¹ (ā́ṇḍā¹) |
आण्डाः (ā́ṇḍāḥ) आण्डासः¹ (ā́ṇḍāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- साण्ड (sā́ṇḍa)
Descendants
- ⇒ Sanskrit: अण्ड (aṇḍá) (later form) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “āṇḍá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 162
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “आण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 134.