𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अङ्गन (aṅgana).

Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀡 (aṃgaṇa) n (Devanagari अंगण)

1. courtyard

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani: āṅgan

    Hindi: आँगन

    Urdu: آنْگَن

  • Vaghri: આંગણો (ā̃gaṇo)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Bengali: অঙ্গন (oṅgon)
  • Maithili:

    Devanagari script: आङन (āṅan)

    Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒓𑒢 (āṅana)

• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Sinhalese: අඟුණුව (aⁿguṇuwa)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: आङन् (āṅan)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Sindhi: aṅaṇu

    Arabic script: اَڱَڻُ

    Devanagari script: अङणु

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: āṅgaṇ

    Devanagari script: आंगण

    Kannada script: ಆಂಗಣ್

    Latin script: angonn

  • Old Marathi: āṃgaṇa

    Devanagari script: आंगण

    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘐𑘜

    • Marathi: अंगण (aṅgaṇ)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: આંગણ (āṅgaṇ)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṁgaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “अंगण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].