आण्ड
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬆᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
- আণ্ড (Assamese script)
- আণ্ড (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌆𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
- આણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
- ꦄꦴꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
- អាណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
- ಆಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
- ອາຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
- 𑘁𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
- အာဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
- 𑐁𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
- ଆଣ୍ଡ (Oriya script)
- ꢃꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
- ఆణ్డ (Telugu script)
- อาณฺฑ (Thai script)
- ཨཱཎྜ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
A late Vedic corruption of an earlier *āndrá, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hāndrám; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-dr-óm, from *h₁én (“in”). Compare Kalasha ónḍrak (“egg”), Proto-Slavic *ędro.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑːɳ.ɖɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɳ.ɖɐ/
Noun
आण्ड • (āṇḍá) m
- an egg
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.68.7:
- बृहस्पतिरमत हि त्यदासां नाम स्वरीणां सदने गुहा यत् ।
आण्डेव भित्त्वा शकुनस्य गर्भमुदुस्रियाः पर्वतस्य त्मनाजत् ॥- bṛhaspatiramata hi tyadāsāṃ nāma svarīṇāṃ sadane guhā yat .
āṇḍeva bhittvā śakunasya garbhamudusriyāḥ parvatasya tmanājat . - That secret name borne by the lowing cattle within the cave Bṛhaspati discovered,
And drove, himself, the bright kine from the mountain, like a bird's young after the egg's breaking.
- bṛhaspatiramata hi tyadāsāṃ nāma svarīṇāṃ sadane guhā yat .
- बृहस्पतिरमत हि त्यदासां नाम स्वरीणां सदने गुहा यत् ।
- (in the dual) the testicles
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of आण्ड (āṇḍá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | आण्डः āṇḍáḥ | आण्डौ āṇḍaú | आण्डाः / आण्डासः¹ āṇḍā́ḥ / āṇḍā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | आण्ड ā́ṇḍa | आण्डौ ā́ṇḍau | आण्डाः / आण्डासः¹ ā́ṇḍāḥ / ā́ṇḍāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | आण्डम् āṇḍám | आण्डौ āṇḍaú | आण्डान् āṇḍā́n |
| Instrumental | आण्डेन āṇḍéna | आण्डाभ्याम् āṇḍā́bhyām | आण्डैः / आण्डेभिः¹ āṇḍaíḥ / āṇḍébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | आण्डाय āṇḍā́ya | आण्डाभ्याम् āṇḍā́bhyām | आण्डेभ्यः āṇḍébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | आण्डात् āṇḍā́t | आण्डाभ्याम् āṇḍā́bhyām | आण्डेभ्यः āṇḍébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | आण्डस्य āṇḍásya | आण्डयोः āṇḍáyoḥ | आण्डानाम् āṇḍā́nām |
| Locative | आण्डे āṇḍé | आण्डयोः āṇḍáyoḥ | आण्डेषु āṇḍéṣu |
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Related terms
- अण्ड (aṇḍa) (later form) (see there for further descendants)
Derived terms
- साण्ड (sā́ṇḍa)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) , “आण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 134.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) , “āṇḍá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 162