अञ्चल

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌn̻t͡sʌl]
• Phonetic Devanagari: अन्चल्

Noun

अञ्चल • (añcal)

1. anchal; administrative zone of Nepal

Sanskrit

Etymology

अञ् (añ) +‎ अल (ala).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

अञ्चल • (añcala) stem, m

1. border, hem; corner

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अञ्चल (añcala)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अञ्चलः añcalaḥ	अञ्चलौ / अञ्चला¹ añcalau / añcalā¹	अञ्चलाः / अञ्चलासः¹ añcalāḥ / añcalāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अञ्चल añcala	अञ्चलौ / अञ्चला¹ añcalau / añcalā¹	अञ्चलाः / अञ्चलासः¹ añcalāḥ / añcalāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अञ्चलम् añcalam	अञ्चलौ / अञ्चला¹ añcalau / añcalā¹	अञ्चलान् añcalān
Instrumental	अञ्चलेन añcalena	अञ्चलाभ्याम् añcalābhyām	अञ्चलैः / अञ्चलेभिः¹ añcalaiḥ / añcalebhiḥ¹
Dative	अञ्चलाय añcalāya	अञ्चलाभ्याम् añcalābhyām	अञ्चलेभ्यः añcalebhyaḥ
Ablative	अञ्चलात् añcalāt	अञ्चलाभ्याम् añcalābhyām	अञ्चलेभ्यः añcalebhyaḥ
Genitive	अञ्चलस्य añcalasya	अञ्चलयोः añcalayoḥ	अञ्चलानाम् añcalānām
Locative	अञ्चले añcale	अञ्चलयोः añcalayoḥ	अञ्चलेषु añcaleṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: [script needed] (anzolᵘ)
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀘𑀮 (aṃcala)
  • Central:
    • Awadhi: आँचर (ā̃car)
    • Braj: आँचर (ā̃car)
    • Hindustani: ā̃cal
      • Hindi: आँचल
      • Urdu: آن٘چَل
  • Eastern:
    • Assamese: আঁচল (ãsol), আঁচলা (ãsola)
    • Bengali: আঁচল (ãcol), আঁচলা (ãcola)
    • Bihari: आँचर (ā̃car), आँचरी (ãcrī)
      • Bhojpuri: आँचर (ā̃car)
    • Odia: ଅଞ୍ଚଳ (añcaḷa), ଅଞ୍ଚଳା (añcaḷā)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: आँचल (ā̃cal), आँचव (ā̃caw)
    • Nepali: आँचल (ā̃cal)
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: añcalā

      Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਚਲਾ

      Shahmukhi script: اَنچَلا

    • Sindhi: ãcilo

      Arabic script: اَنچِلو

      Devanagari script: अंचिलो

  • Southern:
    • Marathi: आंचूळ (āñcūḷ), आचूळ (ācūḷ), आंचळी (āñcḷī), अंचळ (añcaḷ)
    • Sinhalese: අසලා (asalā), අහලා (ahalā)
  • Western:
    • Gujarati: આંચળ (ā̃caḷ)
• → Assamese: অঞ্চল (oñsol) (learned)
• → Bengali: অঞ্চল (oncol) (learned)
• → Hindustani: (learned)

  Hindi: अंचल (añcal)

  Urdu: اَن٘چَل (ãcal)

• → Kannada: ಅಂಚಲ (añcala) (learned)
• → Malayalam: അഞ്ചലം (añcalaṁ) (learned)
• → Marathi: अंचल (añcal) (learned)
• → Nepali: अञ्चल (añcal) (learned)
• → Telugu: అంచలము (añcalamu) (learned)

References

• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अञ्चल”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “añcala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press