अङ्क
Sanskrit
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).
Noun
अङ्क • (aṅká) m
- 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.
- RV 1.162.13d
- (in the dual) part of a chariot
- curve
- 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')
- side, flank
- body
- proximity, place
- the bend in the arm
- any hook or crooked instrument
- curved line
- a numerical figure, cipher, a figure or mark branded on an animal etc.
- any mark, line, stroke, ornament, stigma
- a number
- the numbers one and nine
- coefficient
- act of a drama
- drama
- military show, sham-fight
- misdeed, sin
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्क (aṅká) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अङ्कः aṅkáḥ | अङ्कौ aṅkaú | अङ्काः / अङ्कासः¹ aṅkā́ḥ / aṅkā́saḥ¹ |
Vocative | अङ्क áṅka | अङ्कौ áṅkau | अङ्काः / अङ्कासः¹ áṅkāḥ / áṅkāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | अङ्कम् aṅkám | अङ्कौ aṅkaú | 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 |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0007.