𑘁𑘽𑘏

Old Marathi

Alternative forms

𑘁𑘎 (āka)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćšas

Sanskrit अक्ष॑ (ákṣa)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔 (akkha)

Old Marathi 𑘁𑘽𑘏 (āṃkha)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔 (akkha), from Sanskrit अक्ष॑ (ákṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- + *-os.

Noun

𑘁𑘽𑘏 (āṃkha) m (Devanagari आंख)

axle of a chariot
- c. 1300, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Śrī Govindaprabhu Caritra 252:
  “𑘁𑘪𑘻! 𑘩𑘰𑘽𑘎𑘰𑘓𑘰 𑘐𑘰𑘚𑘰 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘩𑘰 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘹 : […] 𑘁𑘜𑘲𑘎 𑘁𑘽𑘏 𑘑𑘰𑘩𑘲 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘹 :”
  “āvo! lāṃkācā gāḍā moḍalā mhaṇe : […] āṇīka āṃkha ghālī mhaṇe :”
  1984 translation by Anne Feldhaus
  “Oh, the lā̃k cart has broken down, I tell you […] Put on a new axle, I tell you!”
number
- 1290, Jñāneśvar, Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 13.932:
  𑘭𑘨𑘩𑘹𑘧𑘰𑘽 𑘩𑘹𑘏𑙁 𑘕𑘺𑘭𑘹𑘽 𑘁𑘽𑘏 𑘮𑘻𑘽𑘝𑘲 𑘊𑘎𑙁
  𑘝𑘺𑘭𑘹𑘽 𑘭𑘰𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘭𑘰𑘠𑘡𑘰𑘟𑘲𑘎𑙁 𑘋𑘎𑘿𑘧𑘝𑘹 𑘧𑘹 𑙂𑙙𑙓𑙒𑙂
  saraleyāṃ lekha. jaiseṃ āṃkha hoṃtī eka.
  taiseṃ sādhyasādhanādīka. aikyate ye .932.
  As one figure is arrived at when a calculation is complete,
  so both the goal and the means of reaching it become one.
- c. 1300, Combhā, Ukhāharaṇa 621:
  𑘓𑘼𑘽𑘭𑘿𑘞𑘰𑘡𑘲𑘽 𑘠𑘨𑘲𑘕𑘹 𑘁𑘽𑘏𑘳
  cauṃsthānīṃ dharīje āṃkhu
score in a game
- 1278, Mhāïmbhaṭa, Līḷācaritra, "Pūrvārdha." (Kolte edition) 18:
  𑘁𑘽𑘏𑘳 𑘢𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘕𑘹 : 𑘦𑘐 𑘢𑘳𑘛𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 𑘏𑘹𑘩𑘲𑘕𑘻
  āṃkhu pāhīje : maga puḍhāreṃ khelījo

Descendants

Marathi: ās (< *𑘁𑘽𑘭 (*āṃsa))
Devanagari script: आस

Modi script: 𑘁𑘭
- → Gujarati: આંસ (ā̃sa)
Varhadi: ākh, ās (< *𑘁𑘽𑘭 (*āṃsa))
Devanagari script: आख, आस

Modi script: 𑘁𑘏, 𑘁𑘭

References

Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “आंख”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, page 45
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ákṣa¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 2