अण्ठ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

अठ् (aṭh), अट् (aṭ)

Alternative scripts

অণ্ঠ্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬡ᭄ᬞ᭄ (Balinese script)
অণ্ঠ্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰜𑰿𑰙𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀞𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အဏ္ဌ် (Burmese script)
અણ્ઠ્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਣ੍ਠ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌣𑍍𑌠𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦟ꧀ꦜ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂝𑂹𑂘𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅಣ್ಠ್ (Kannada script)
អណ្ឋ៑ (Khmer script)
ອຓ຺ຐ຺ (Lao script)
അണ്ഠ് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᢏᡱ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘜𑘿𑘙𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᢏᢍ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦼𑧠𑦹𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐞𑑂𑐛𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅଣ୍ଠ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢠ꣄ꢝ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆟𑇀𑆜𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖜𑖿𑖙𑖿 (Siddham script)
අණ‍්ඨ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩪 𑪙𑩧 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚘𑚶𑚕𑚶 (Takri script)
அண்ட்² (Tamil script)
అణ్ఠ్ (Telugu script)
อณฺฐฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་ཎྛ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒝𑓂𑒚𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨘𑩇𑨕𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Buddhist-preferred variant of अट् (aṭ), which is a sanskritization of a popular pronunciation of the Vedic root अत् (at, “to go constantly, walk, run”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɳʈʰ/

Root

अण्ठ् • (aṇṭh) (Classical Sanskrit)

to go, move, tend

Derived terms

अण्ठते (aṇṭhate)
अण्ठितुम् (aṇṭhitum)
आनण्ठे (ānaṇṭhe)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अण्ठ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 11/3.
William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 2
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 7; 9