अङ्गुष्ठ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অঙ্গুষ্ঠ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕᬸᬱ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
• অঙ্গুষ্ঠ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰲𑰬𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• အင်္ဂုၑ္ဌ (Burmese script)
• અઙ્ગુષ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਙ੍ਗੁਸ਼੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒꦸꦰ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂳𑂭𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಙ್ಗುಷ್ಠ (Kannada script)
• អង្គុឞ្ឋ (Khmer script)
• ອງ຺ຄຸຩ຺ຐ (Lao script)
• അങ്ഗുഷ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢛᡤᡠᢢᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘳𑘬𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢊᠺᠤᢔᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧔𑧌𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐸𑐲𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
• ଅଙ୍ଗୁଷ୍ଠ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔꢸꢰ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆶𑆰𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖲𑖬𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
• අඞ‍්ගුෂ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩒𑪀 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚰𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
• அங்கு³ஷ்ட² (Tamil script)
• అఙ్గుష్ఠ (Telugu script)
• องฺคุษฺฐ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ངྒུ་ཥྛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒳𑒭𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨃𑨯𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hangúštʰas (“thumb, big toe”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“joint”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬀 (aṇgušta), Middle Persian ʾngwst' (angust) (whence Persian انگشت (angošt)). Also related to अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri), अङ्गुलि (aṅgúli), अङ्ग (aṅgá).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐŋ.ɡúʂ.ʈʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐŋˈɡuʂ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

अङ्गुष्ठ • (aṅgúṣṭha) stem, m

1. thumb
2. big toe, hallux

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्गुष्ठ (aṅgúṣṭha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अङ्गुष्ठः aṅgúṣṭhaḥ	अङ्गुष्ठौ / अङ्गुष्ठा¹ aṅgúṣṭhau / aṅgúṣṭhā¹	अङ्गुष्ठाः / अङ्गुष्ठासः¹ aṅgúṣṭhāḥ / aṅgúṣṭhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अङ्गुष्ठ áṅguṣṭha	अङ्गुष्ठौ / अङ्गुष्ठा¹ áṅguṣṭhau / áṅguṣṭhā¹	अङ्गुष्ठाः / अङ्गुष्ठासः¹ áṅguṣṭhāḥ / áṅguṣṭhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अङ्गुष्ठम् aṅgúṣṭham	अङ्गुष्ठौ / अङ्गुष्ठा¹ aṅgúṣṭhau / aṅgúṣṭhā¹	अङ्गुष्ठान् aṅgúṣṭhān
Instrumental	अङ्गुष्ठेन aṅgúṣṭhena	अङ्गुष्ठाभ्याम् aṅgúṣṭhābhyām	अङ्गुष्ठैः / अङ्गुष्ठेभिः¹ aṅgúṣṭhaiḥ / aṅgúṣṭhebhiḥ¹
Dative	अङ्गुष्ठाय aṅgúṣṭhāya	अङ्गुष्ठाभ्याम् aṅgúṣṭhābhyām	अङ्गुष्ठेभ्यः aṅgúṣṭhebhyaḥ
Ablative	अङ्गुष्ठात् aṅgúṣṭhāt	अङ्गुष्ठाभ्याम् aṅgúṣṭhābhyām	अङ्गुष्ठेभ्यः aṅgúṣṭhebhyaḥ
Genitive	अङ्गुष्ठस्य aṅgúṣṭhasya	अङ्गुष्ठयोः aṅgúṣṭhayoḥ	अङ्गुष्ठानाम् aṅgúṣṭhānām
Locative	अङ्गुष्ठे aṅgúṣṭhe	अङ्गुष्ठयोः aṅgúṣṭhayoḥ	अङ्गुष्ठेषु aṅgúṣṭheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अङ्गुष्ठ्य (aṅguṣṭhya)
• अङ्गुष्ठिका (aṅguṣṭhikā)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: نٮ۪ٹھ (nyŏṭh)
  • Torwali: [script needed] (aṅgū́ṭh)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: औंठी (auṇṭhī)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṃguṭṭha)
  • Marathi: अंगठा (aṅgṭhā)
  • Konkani: अंगठो (aṅgṭho)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਅੰਗੂਠਾ (aṅgūṭhā /⁠aṅgūṭṭhā⁠/)
• Pali: aṅguṭṭha
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
• Romani: anguśt
  • Hindustani: aṅgūṭhā

    Hindi: अंगूठा

    Urdu: انگوٹھا

  • Gujarati: અંગૂઠો (aṅgūṭho)
  • Marwari: अंगूठौ (aṅgūṭhau)
• → Bengali: অঙ্গুষ্ঠ (oṅguśṭho)
• → Telugu: అంగుళము (aṅguḷamu)

See also

• अङ्गुली (aṅgulī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गुष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0008/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 49
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University