अँकड़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अँकड़ी (ãkṛī)
• अँकुड़ा (ãkuṛā)

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅka, “hook”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə̃k.ɽɑː/, [ɐ̃k.ɽäː]

Noun

अँकड़ा • (ãkṛā) m

1. a hook; hooked implement
2. an arrowhead

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अँकड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press