अङ्क

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • অঙ্ক (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬗ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
  • অঙ্ক (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • အင်္က (Burmese script)
  • અઙ્ક (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਙ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦔ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅಙ್ಕ (Kannada script)
  • អង្ក (Khmer script)
  • ອງ຺ກ (Lao script)
  • അങ്ക (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᢛᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᢊᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
  • ଅଙ୍କ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢖ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
  • අඞ‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
  • அங்க (Tamil script)
  • అఙ్క (Telugu script)
  • องฺก (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ངྐ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hankás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánkas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos, from *h₂enk- (“curve, bend”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos), Latin uncus, Old East Slavic паукъ (paukŭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

अङ्क • (aṅká) stem, m (root अञ्च्)

  1. hook
    • RV 1.162.13d
      यन नीक्षणं मांस्पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्णासेचनानि |
      ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणामङकाः सूनाःपरि भूषन्त्यश्वम ||
      yan nīkṣaṇaṃ māṃspacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇaāsecanāni |
      ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇāmaṅkāḥ sūnāḥpari bhūṣantyaśvam ||
      The trial-fork of the flesh-cooking caldron, the vessels out of which the broth is sprinkled,
      The warming-pots, the covers of the dishes, hooks, carving-boards,—all these attend the Charger.
  2. (in the dual) part of a chariot
  3. curve
  4. the curve in the human, especially the female, figure above the hip (where infants sitting, astride are carried by mothers hence often = 'breast' or 'lap')
  5. side, flank
  6. body
  7. proximity, place
  8. the bend in the arm
  9. any hook or crooked instrument
  10. curved line
  11. a numerical figure, cipher, a figure or mark branded on an animal etc.
  12. any mark, line, stroke, ornament, stigma
  13. a number
  14. the numbers one and nine
  15. coefficient
  16. act of a drama
  17. drama
  18. military show, sham-fight
  19. misdeed, sin

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्क (aṅká)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अङ्कः
aṅkáḥ		 अङ्कौ / अङ्का¹
aṅkaú / aṅkā́¹		 अङ्काः / अङ्कासः¹
aṅkā́ḥ / aṅkā́saḥ¹
Vocative अङ्क
áṅka		 अङ्कौ / अङ्का¹
áṅkau / áṅkā¹		 अङ्काः / अङ्कासः¹
áṅkāḥ / áṅkāsaḥ¹
Accusative अङ्कम्
aṅkám		 अङ्कौ / अङ्का¹
aṅkaú / aṅkā́¹		 अङ्कान्
aṅkā́n
Instrumental अङ्केन
aṅkéna		 अङ्काभ्याम्
aṅkā́bhyām		 अङ्कैः / अङ्केभिः¹
aṅkaíḥ / aṅkébhiḥ¹
Dative अङ्काय
aṅkā́ya		 अङ्काभ्याम्
aṅkā́bhyām		 अङ्केभ्यः
aṅkébhyaḥ
Ablative अङ्कात्
aṅkā́t		 अङ्काभ्याम्
aṅkā́bhyām		 अङ्केभ्यः
aṅkébhyaḥ
Genitive अङ्कस्य
aṅkásya		 अङ्कयोः
aṅkáyoḥ		 अङ्कानाम्
aṅkā́nām
Locative अङ्के
aṅké		 अङ्कयोः
aṅkáyoḥ		 अङ्केषु
aṅkéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀓 (*aṃka-ḍa-ka)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀓 (aṃka)
    • Old Marathi:
      Devanagari script: आंक (āṃka)
      Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘎 (āṃka)
  • ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀓 (*aṃka-ḍa-ka)
  • Malay: angka
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀕 (*aṃka-ḍa-ga)
  • → Hindi: अंक (aṅk)
  • → Malayalam: അങ്കം (aṅkaṁ), അക്കം (akkaṁ)
  • → Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: अंक (aṃka)
    Modi script: 𑘀𑘽𑘎 (aṃka)
  • → Tamil: அங்கம் (aṅkam)
  • → Thai: องก์ (ong)

References
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