𑀅𑀁𑀓

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अङ्क (aṅká). Cognate with Pali aṅka.

Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀓 (aṃka) m (Devanagari अंक, Kannada ಅಂಕ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. hook
2. mark, sign

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀅𑀁𑀓 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑁄 (aṃko)	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸 (aṃkā)
Accusative	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀁 (aṃkaṃ)	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑁂 (aṃke) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸 (aṃkā)
Instrumental	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑁂𑀡 (aṃkeṇa) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑁂𑀡𑀁 (aṃkeṇaṃ)	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺 (aṃkehi) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (aṃkehiṃ)
Dative	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀅 (aṃkāa)	—
Ablative	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀑 (aṃkāo) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀉 (aṃkāu) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸 (aṃkā) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺 (aṃkāhi) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (aṃkāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲 (aṃkassa)	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀡 (aṃkāṇa) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀁 (aṃkāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (aṃkammi) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑁂 (aṃke)	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼 (aṃkesu) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (aṃkesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀅𑀁𑀓 (aṃka) or 𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸 (aṃkā)	𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀸 (aṃkā)

Derived terms

• *𑀅𑀁𑀓-𑀟-𑀅 (*aṃka-ḍa-a)
  • Marathi: आकडा (ākḍā)

Descendants

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: आंक (āṃka)

  Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘎 (āṃka)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 192
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press