जङ्घा
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰángʰaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰángʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-o-s.[1] Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬀 (zaṇga), Middle Persian [script needed] (zang).
Noun
जङ्घा • (jáṅghā) stem, f (root जंह्) [2]
- (anatomy) ankle; shank
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.15:
- चरित्रं हि वेरिवाच्छेदि पर्णमाजा खेलस्य परितक्म्यायाम् ।
सद्यो जङ्घामायसीं विश्पलायै धने हिते सर्तवे प्रत्यधत्तम् ॥- caritraṃ hi verivācchedi parṇamājā khelasya paritakmyāyām.
sadyo jaṅghāmāyasīṃ viśpalāyai dhane hite sartave pratyadhattam. - When in the time of night, in Khela's battle, a leg was severed like a wild bird's pinion,
Straight ye gave Vispala a leg of iron that she might move what time the conflict opened.
- caritraṃ hi verivācchedi parṇamājā khelasya paritakmyāyām.
- चरित्रं हि वेरिवाच्छेदि पर्णमाजा खेलस्य परितक्म्यायाम् ।
- (anatomy) thigh
Declension
| Feminine ā-stem declension of जङ्घा (jáṅghā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | जङ्घा jáṅghā |
जङ्घे jáṅghe |
जङ्घाः jáṅghāḥ |
| Vocative | जङ्घे jáṅghe |
जङ्घे jáṅghe |
जङ्घाः jáṅghāḥ |
| Accusative | जङ्घाम् jáṅghām |
जङ्घे jáṅghe |
जङ्घाः jáṅghāḥ |
| Instrumental | जङ्घया / जङ्घा¹ jáṅghayā / jáṅghā¹ |
जङ्घाभ्याम् jáṅghābhyām |
जङ्घाभिः jáṅghābhiḥ |
| Dative | जङ्घायै jáṅghāyai |
जङ्घाभ्याम् jáṅghābhyām |
जङ्घाभ्यः jáṅghābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | जङ्घायाः / जङ्घायै² jáṅghāyāḥ / jáṅghāyai² |
जङ्घाभ्याम् jáṅghābhyām |
जङ्घाभ्यः jáṅghābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | जङ्घायाः / जङ्घायै² jáṅghāyāḥ / jáṅghāyai² |
जङ्घयोः jáṅghayoḥ |
जङ्घानाम् jáṅghānām |
| Locative | जङ्घायाम् jáṅghāyām |
जङ्घयोः jáṅghayoḥ |
जङ्घासु jáṅghāsu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: زَنٛگ (zang)
- Pali: jaṅghā
- Prakrit: 𑀚𑀁𑀖𑀸 (jaṃghā)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- Monier Williams (1899) “जङ्घा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 409.
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