आञ्छ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আঞ্ছ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬜ᭄ᬙ᭄ (Balinese script)
• আঞ্ছ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰗𑰿𑰔𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀜𑁆𑀙𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အာဉ္ဆ် (Burmese script)
• આઞ્છ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਞ੍ਛ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌞𑍍𑌛𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦚ꧀ꦖ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂖𑂹𑂓𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಞ್ಛ್ (Kannada script)
• អាញ្ឆ៑ (Khmer script)
• ອາຎ຺ຉ຺ (Lao script)
• ആഞ്ഛ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᡳᠶᡮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘗𑘿𑘔𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᡛᠼ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦷𑧠𑦴𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐘𑑂𑐕𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଆଞ୍ଛ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢛ꣄ꢘ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆚𑇀𑆗𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖗𑖿𑖔𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ආඤ්‍ඡ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩥 𑪙𑩢 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚓𑚶𑚐𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஆஞ்ச்² (Tamil script)
• ఆఞ్ఛ్ (Telugu script)
• อาญฺฉฺ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཉྪ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒘𑓂𑒕𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨓𑩇𑨤𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. Artificial coinage, maybe abstracted from a *-sḱéti present of the root अम् (am, “to seize”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɲt͡ɕʰ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːɲt͡ɕʰ/

Root

आञ्छ् • (āñch)

1. to stretch, draw into the right position, set (a bone or leg)

Derived terms

• आञ्छन (āñchana)
• आञ्छित (āñchita)

 

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आञ्छ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 133/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 6
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आञ्छ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016