aṇḍa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anda"

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.ɖa/
• Rhymes: -ɖa
• Homophone: andha
• Hyphenation: aṇ‧ḍa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍa, “egg”).

Noun

aṇḍa

1. egg

   Synonyms: aṇḍa, aṇḍaja, ĕṇḍog, hantĕlu, hantiga, hantrini

2. world egg

Derived terms

• aṇḍabhūmi
• aṇḍaja
• aṇḍajana
• aṇḍamaṇḍala
• aṇḍapada

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬅᬡ᭄ᬥ (anda, “egg”)

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋga (“rung of a ladder; runged ladder”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aṇḍa

1. ladder

   Synonym: taṅgar

Derived terms

• iṅaṇḍa-aṇḍa

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦲꦤ꧀ꦝ (andha) (inherited)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

aṇḍa

1. wavy

Derived terms

• aṇḍa-aṇḍa
• aṇḍan-aṇḍan

Further reading

• "aṇḍa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• अण्ड (Devanagari script)
• অণ্ড (Bengali script)
• අණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• အဏ္ဍ or ဢꧣ္ꩨ or ဢꧣ်ꩨ (Burmese script)
• อณฺฑ or อัณฑะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨱ᩠ᨯ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຓ຺ຑ or ອັຓຑະ (Lao script)
• អណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄕𑄴𑄓 (Chakma script)

Noun

aṇḍa n

1. egg

Declension

Declension table of "aṇḍa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	aṇḍaṃ	aṇḍāni
Accusative (second)	aṇḍaṃ	aṇḍāni
Instrumental (third)	aṇḍena	aṇḍehi or aṇḍebhi
Dative (fourth)	aṇḍassa or aṇḍāya or aṇḍatthaṃ	aṇḍānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	aṇḍasmā or aṇḍamhā or aṇḍā	aṇḍehi or aṇḍebhi
Genitive (sixth)	aṇḍassa	aṇḍānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	aṇḍasmiṃ or aṇḍamhi or aṇḍe	aṇḍesu
Vocative (calling)	aṇḍa	aṇḍāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “aṇḍa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead