aṇḍa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anda"

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.ɖa/
  • Rhymes: -ɖa
  • Homophone: andha
  • Hyphenation: aṇ‧ḍa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍa, egg).

Noun

aṇḍa

  1. egg
    Synonyms: aṇḍa, aṇḍaja, ĕṇḍog, hantĕlu, hantiga, hantrini
  2. world egg
Derived terms
  • aṇḍabhūmi
  • aṇḍaja
  • aṇḍajana
  • aṇḍamaṇḍala
  • aṇḍapada
Descendants
  • Balinese: ᬅᬡ᭄ᬥ (anda, egg)

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋga (rung of a ladder; runged ladder). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aṇḍa

  1. ladder
    Synonym: taṅgar
Derived terms
  • iṅaṇḍa-aṇḍa
Descendants

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

aṇḍa

  1. wavy
Derived terms
  • aṇḍa-aṇḍa
  • aṇḍan-aṇḍan

Further reading

  • "aṇḍa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

aṇḍa n

  1. egg

Declension

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “aṇḍa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead