अग्र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬕ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- অগ্ৰ (Assamese script)
- অগ্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰐𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌗𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- અગ્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਅਗੑਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦒꦿ (Javanese script)
- អគ្រ (Khmer script)
- ಅಗ್ರ (Kannada script)
- ອຄ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- അഗ്ര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠺᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᡤᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- အဂြ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑦰𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐐𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଅଗ୍ର (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢔ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖐𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- අග්ර (Sinhalese script)
- అగ్ర (Telugu script)
- อคฺร (Thai script)
- ཨ་གྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒑𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From अङ्ग् (aṅg).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐɡ.ɾɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɐɡ.ɾɐ/
Adjective
अग्र • (agra)
- foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting, chief, best
- supernumerary
Noun
अग्र • (agra) n
- foremost point or part
- tip
- front
- uppermost part, top, summit, surface
- point
- (figuratively) sharpness
- the nearest end, the beginning
- the climax or best part
- goal, aim
- multitude L.
- a weight, equal to a pala L.
- a measure of food given as alms L.
- (astronomy) the sun's amplitude
Derived terms
- अग्रज (agraja)
Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕 (aga /agga/)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕 (agga)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕 (agga)
- Pali: agga
- → Burmese: အဂ္ဂ (agga.)
- → Khmer: អគ្គ (ʼakkĕəʼ)
- Assamese: আগ (ag)
- → Malay: agar / اݢر
- Indonesian: agar
- → Romani: angla
- → Telugu: అగ్రము (agramu)
- → Tocharian B: agrakulike
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अग्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 6, column 2.