अँगरखा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अंगरखा (aṅgarkhā)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔 (aṃgarakkha)

Hindi अँगरखा (aṅgarkhā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔 (aṃgarakkha, literally “protecting the body”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “body, limb”) +‎ रक्ष (rakṣa, “protecting”). Cognate with Marathi अंगरखा (aṅgarkhā)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əŋ.ɡəɾ.kʰɑː/, [ɐ̃ŋ.ɡɐɾ.kʰäː]

Noun

अँगरखा • (aṅgarkhā) m

1. angarkha
   • 2024, विवेक चतुर्वेदी, “औरत की बात”, in हिन्दवी‎^[1]:

     औरत टाँक रही है बच्चे के अँगरखे पर सुनहरा गोट

     aurat ṭā̃k rahī hai bacce ke aṅgarkhe par sunahrā goṭ

     A woman is stitching a golden hem onto a child's angarkha

Declension

Declension of अँगरखा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अँगरखा aṅgarkhā	अँगरखे aṅgarkhe
oblique	अँगरखे aṅgarkhe	अँगरखों aṅgarkhõ
vocative	अँगरखे aṅgarkhe	अँगरखो aṅgarkho

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अँगरखा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*aṅgarakṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 6