𑘁𑘽𑘏
Old Marathi
Alternative forms
- 𑘁𑘎 (āka)
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔 (akkha), from Sanskrit 𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘬 (ákṣa, “axis, axle”).
Noun
𑘁𑘽𑘏 (āṃkha) m (Devanagari आंख)
- axle of a chariot
- c. 1300, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Śrī Govindaprabhu Caritra 252:
- “𑘁𑘪𑘻! 𑘩𑘰𑘽𑘎𑘰𑘓𑘰 𑘐𑘰𑘚𑘰 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘩𑘰 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘹 : […] 𑘁𑘜𑘲𑘎 𑘁𑘽𑘏 𑘑𑘰𑘩𑘲 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘹 :”
- “āvo! lāṃkācā gāḍā moḍalā mhaṇe : […] āṇīka āṃkha ghālī mhaṇe :”
- 1984 translation by Anne Feldhaus
- “Oh, the lā̃k cart has broken down, I tell you […] Put on a new axle, I tell you!”
- “𑘁𑘪𑘻! 𑘩𑘰𑘽𑘎𑘰𑘓𑘰 𑘐𑘰𑘚𑘰 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘩𑘰 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘹 : […] 𑘁𑘜𑘲𑘎 𑘁𑘽𑘏 𑘑𑘰𑘩𑘲 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘹 :”
- number
- 1290, Jñāneśvar, Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 13.932:
- 𑘭𑘨𑘩𑘹𑘧𑘰𑘽 𑘩𑘹𑘏𑙁 𑘕𑘺𑘭𑘹𑘽 𑘁𑘽𑘏 𑘮𑘻𑘽𑘝𑘲 𑘊𑘎𑙁
𑘝𑘺𑘭𑘹𑘽 𑘭𑘰𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘭𑘰𑘠𑘡𑘰𑘟𑘲𑘎𑙁 𑘋𑘎𑘿𑘧𑘝𑘹 𑘧𑘹 𑙂𑙙𑙓𑙒𑙂- saraleyāṃ lekha. jaiseṃ āṃkha hoṃtī eka.
taiseṃ sādhyasādhanādīka. aikyate ye .932. - As one figure is arrived at when a calculation is complete,
so both the goal and the means of reaching it become one.
- saraleyāṃ lekha. jaiseṃ āṃkha hoṃtī eka.
- 𑘭𑘨𑘩𑘹𑘧𑘰𑘽 𑘩𑘹𑘏𑙁 𑘕𑘺𑘭𑘹𑘽 𑘁𑘽𑘏 𑘮𑘻𑘽𑘝𑘲 𑘊𑘎𑙁
- c. 1300, Combhā, Ukhāharaṇa 621:
- 𑘓𑘼𑘽𑘭𑘿𑘞𑘰𑘡𑘲𑘽 𑘠𑘨𑘲𑘕𑘹 𑘁𑘽𑘏𑘳
- cauṃsthānīṃ dharīje āṃkhu
- 𑘓𑘼𑘽𑘭𑘿𑘞𑘰𑘡𑘲𑘽 𑘠𑘨𑘲𑘕𑘹 𑘁𑘽𑘏𑘳
- score in a game
- 1278, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Līḷācaritra, "Pūrvārdha." (Kolte edition) 18:
- 𑘁𑘽𑘏𑘳 𑘢𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘕𑘹 : 𑘦𑘐 𑘢𑘳𑘛𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 𑘏𑘹𑘩𑘲𑘕𑘻
- āṃkhu pāhīje : maga puḍhāreṃ khelījo
- 𑘁𑘽𑘏𑘳 𑘢𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘕𑘹 : 𑘦𑘐 𑘢𑘳𑘛𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 𑘏𑘹𑘩𑘲𑘕𑘻
Descendants
- Marathi: ās (< *𑘁𑘽𑘭 (*āṃsa))
- Devanagari: आस
- Modi: 𑘁𑘭
- → Gujarati: આંસ (ā̃sa)
- Varhadi: ākh, ās (< *𑘁𑘽𑘭 (*āṃsa))
- Devanagari: आख, आस
- Modi: 𑘁𑘏, 𑘁𑘭
References
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “आंख”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 45.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ákṣa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 2