अङ्गन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অঙ্গন (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕᬦ (Balinese script)
• অঙ্গন (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• အင်္ဂန (Burmese script)
• અઙ્ગન (Gujarati script)
• ਅਙ੍ਗਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಙ್ಗನ (Kannada script)
• អង្គន (Khmer script)
• ອງ຺ຄນ (Lao script)
• അങ്ഗന (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢛᡤᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢊᠺᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଅଙ୍ଗନ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖡 (Siddham script)
• අඞ‍්ගන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚝 (Takri script)
• அங்க³ந (Tamil script)
• అఙ్గన (Telugu script)
• องฺคน (Thai script)
• ཨ་ངྒ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-

Sanskrit अङ्ग् (aṅg)

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Sanskrit -अन (-ana)

Sanskrit अङ्गन (aṅgana)

From the root अङ्ग् (aṅg) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐŋ.ɡɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.ɡɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

अङ्गन • (aṅgana) stem, n

1. the act of walking
2. "place to walk in", yard, court, area, courtyard

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अङ्गन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अङ्गनम् (aṅganam)	अङ्गने (aṅgane)	अङ्गनानि (aṅganāni) अङ्गना¹ (aṅganā¹)
vocative	अङ्गन (aṅgana)	अङ्गने (aṅgane)	अङ्गनानि (aṅganāni) अङ्गना¹ (aṅganā¹)
accusative	अङ्गनम् (aṅganam)	अङ्गने (aṅgane)	अङ्गनानि (aṅganāni) अङ्गना¹ (aṅganā¹)
instrumental	अङ्गनेन (aṅganena)	अङ्गनाभ्याम् (aṅganābhyām)	अङ्गनैः (aṅganaiḥ) अङ्गनेभिः¹ (aṅganebhiḥ¹)
dative	अङ्गनाय (aṅganāya)	अङ्गनाभ्याम् (aṅganābhyām)	अङ्गनेभ्यः (aṅganebhyaḥ)
ablative	अङ्गनात् (aṅganāt)	अङ्गनाभ्याम् (aṅganābhyām)	अङ्गनेभ्यः (aṅganebhyaḥ)
genitive	अङ्गनस्य (aṅganasya)	अङ्गनयोः (aṅganayoḥ)	अङ्गनानाम् (aṅganānām)
locative	अङ्गने (aṅgane)	अङ्गनयोः (aṅganayoḥ)	अङ्गनेषु (aṅganeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀡 (aṃgaṇa) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 7.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅgana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press