𑘁𑘽𑘏

Old Marathi

Alternative forms

• 𑘁𑘎 (āka)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔 (akkha), from Sanskrit 𑘀𑘎𑘿𑘬 (ákṣa, “axis, axle”).

Noun

𑘁𑘽𑘏 (āṃkha) m (Devanagari आंख)

1. 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!”

2. 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

3. 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