अञ्च्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- अच् (ac)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অঞ্চ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬜ᭄ᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অঞ্চ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀜𑁆𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အဉ္စ် (Burmese script)
- અઞ્ચ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਞ੍ਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌞𑍍𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦚ꧀ꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಞ್ಚ್ (Kannada script)
- អញ្ច៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຎ຺ຈ຺ (Lao script)
- അഞ്ച് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᡛᢋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐘𑑂𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅଞ୍ଚ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢛ꣄ꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆚𑇀𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අඤ්ච් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩥 𑪙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
- அஞ்ச் (Tamil script)
- అఞ్చ్ (Telugu script)
- อญฺจฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཉྩ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒘𑓂𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hanč-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to bend”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐɲt͡ɕ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐɲt͡ɕ/
Root
अञ्च् • (añc)
- to bend, curve, incline, curl
- to revere
- to honour
- to tend, move, go, wander about
- to request
- to unfold, make clear, produce
- to be desirous of bending
- turned to; going or directed towards
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- अञ्च॑ति (áñcati, present)
- अच॑ति (ácati, present)
- अ॒ञ्चि॒ष्यति॑ (añciṣyáti, future)
- अ॒ञ्चि॒ता (añcitā́, periphrastic future)
- आञ्ची॑त् (ā́ñcīt, aorist)
- आ॒नञ्च॑ (ānáñca, perfect)
Secondary forms
- अ॒च्यते॑ (acyáte, passive)
- अ॒ञ्च्यते॑ (añcyáte, passive)
- अ॒ञ्चय॑ति (añcáyati, causative)
- अ॒ङ्कय॑ति (aṅkáyati, causative)
- अञ्चिचिषति (añciciṣati, desiderative)
Non-finite forms
Derived nominal forms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अञ्च् (0 c, 9 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अञ्च् (11 c, 0 e)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “AÑC1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 52
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “अञ्च्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 10, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 1