अङ्क

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অঙ্ক (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬗ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
• অঙ্ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• အင်္က (Burmese script)
• અઙ્ક (Gujarati script)
• ਅਙ੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦔ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಙ್ಕ (Kannada script)
• អង្ក (Khmer script)
• ອງ຺ກ (Lao script)
• അങ്ക (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢛᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢊᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଅଙ୍କ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢖ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
• අඞ‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
• அங்க (Tamil script)
• అఙ్క (Telugu script)
• องฺก (Thai script)
• ཨ་ངྐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

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).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐŋ.kɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.kɐ/

Noun

अङ्क • (aṅká) stem, m (root अञ्च्)

1. 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.

2. (in the dual) part of a chariot
3. curve
4. 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')
5. side, flank
6. body
7. proximity, place
8. the bend in the arm
9. any hook or crooked instrument
10. curved line
11. a numerical figure, cipher, a figure or mark branded on an animal etc.
12. any mark, line, stroke, ornament, stigma
13. a number
14. the numbers one and nine
15. coefficient
16. act of a drama
17. drama
18. military show, sham-fight
19. misdeed, sin

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्क (aṅká)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अङ्कः aṅkáḥ	अङ्कौ / अङ्का¹ aṅkaú / aṅkā́¹	अङ्काः / अङ्कासः¹ aṅkā́ḥ / aṅkā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अङ्क áṅka	अङ्कौ / अङ्का¹ áṅkau / áṅkā¹	अङ्काः / अङ्कासः¹ áṅkāḥ / áṅkāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अङ्कम् aṅkám	अङ्कौ / अङ्का¹ aṅkaú / aṅkā́¹	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
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀓 (*aṃka-ḍa-ka)
  • Bengali: আঁকড়া (ãkoṛa)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀓 (aṃka)
  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: आंक (āṃka)

    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘎 (āṃka)

• ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀓 (*aṃka-ḍa-ka)
  • Marathi: आकडा (ākḍā)
• Malay: angka
  • Indonesian: angka
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਅੰਕੜਾ (aṅkaṛā), ਅੰਕੜ (aṅkaṛ), ਅੰਕ (aṅka)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀕 (*aṃka-ḍa-ga)
  • Hindi: आँकड़ा (ā̃kṛā)
  • Gujarati: આંકડો (ā̃kaḍo)
• → Hindi: अंक (aṅk)
• → Malayalam: അങ്കം (aṅkaṁ), അക്കം (akkaṁ)
• → Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: अंक (aṃka)

  Modi script: 𑘀𑘽𑘎 (aṃka)

  • → Marathi: अंक (aṅka)
• → Tamil: அங்கம் (aṅkam)
• → Thai: องก์ (ong)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 7, column 1.