अङ्गुल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• অঙ্গুল (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕᬸᬮ (Balinese script)
• অঙ্গুল (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰲𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀼𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• အင်္ဂုလ (Burmese script)
• અઙ્ગુલ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਙ੍ਗੁਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍁𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒꦸꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂳𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಙ್ಗುಲ (Kannada script)
• អង្គុល (Khmer script)
• ອງ຺ຄຸລ (Lao script)
• അങ്ഗുല (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢛᡤᡠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘳𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢊᠺᠤᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧔𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐸𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଅଙ୍ଗୁଲ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔꢸꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆶𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖲𑖩 (Siddham script)
• අඞ‍්ගුල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩒𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚰𑚥 (Takri script)
• அங்கு³ல (Tamil script)
• అఙ్గుల (Telugu script)
• องฺคุล (Thai script)
• ཨ་ངྒུ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒳𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨃𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to अङ्गुलि (aṅguli), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐŋ.ɡu.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.ɡu.l̪ɐ/

Noun

अङ्गुल • (aṅgula) stem, m

1. finger; thumb
2. fingerbreadth; a measure equal to eight barley-corns; 12 in a वितस्ति (vitasti, “span, foot”) and 24 in a हस्त (hasta, “cubit”, literally “hand”)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्गुल

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अङ्गुलः (aṅgulaḥ)	अङ्गुलौ (aṅgulau) अङ्गुला¹ (aṅgulā¹)	अङ्गुलाः (aṅgulāḥ) अङ्गुलासः¹ (aṅgulāsaḥ¹)
vocative	अङ्गुल (aṅgula)	अङ्गुलौ (aṅgulau) अङ्गुला¹ (aṅgulā¹)	अङ्गुलाः (aṅgulāḥ) अङ्गुलासः¹ (aṅgulāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अङ्गुलम् (aṅgulam)	अङ्गुलौ (aṅgulau) अङ्गुला¹ (aṅgulā¹)	अङ्गुलान् (aṅgulān)
instrumental	अङ्गुलेन (aṅgulena)	अङ्गुलाभ्याम् (aṅgulābhyām)	अङ्गुलैः (aṅgulaiḥ) अङ्गुलेभिः¹ (aṅgulebhiḥ¹)
dative	अङ्गुलाय (aṅgulāya)	अङ्गुलाभ्याम् (aṅgulābhyām)	अङ्गुलेभ्यः (aṅgulebhyaḥ)
ablative	अङ्गुलात् (aṅgulāt)	अङ्गुलाभ्याम् (aṅgulābhyām)	अङ्गुलेभ्यः (aṅgulebhyaḥ)
genitive	अङ्गुलस्य (aṅgulasya)	अङ्गुलयोः (aṅgulayoḥ)	अङ्गुलानाम् (aṅgulānām)
locative	अङ्गुले (aṅgule)	अङ्गुलयोः (aṅgulayoḥ)	अङ्गुलेषु (aṅguleṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: aṅgula
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀼𑀮 (aṃgula) (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed terms

• → Tamil: அங்குலம் (aṅkulam)
• → Telugu: అంగుళము (aṅguḷamu)

See also

• अङ्गुलि (aṅguli)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गुल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0008.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अङ्गुलः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 27
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅgula”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 7