व्यङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ৱ্যঙ্গ (Assamese script)
ᬯ᭄ᬬᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
ব্যঙ্গ (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
ဝျင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
વ્યઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
ਵ੍ਯਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦾꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
ವ್ಯಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
វ្យង្គ (Khmer script)
ວ຺ຍງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
വ്യങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠶᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
ᠸᠶ᠋ᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧠𑧇𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
ଵ୍ଯଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
ꢮ꣄ꢫꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
ව්‍යඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
வ்யங்க³ (Tamil script)
వ్యఙ్గ (Telugu script)
วฺยงฺค (Thai script)
ཝྱ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋjɐ́ŋ.ɡɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋjɐŋ.ɡɐ/

Adjective

व्य॑ङ्ग • (vyàṅga) stem

crippled

Descendants

Bengali: ব্যাঙ (bêṅ)
Chakma: 𑄝𑄬𑄋𑄴 (beṅ)
Early Assamese: বেঙ্গ (beṅgo)
- Assamese: বেং (beṅ)
Pali: vaṅga
Prakrit: 𑀯𑀁𑀕 (vaṃga)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Old Hindi: बांगड़ू (bā̃gaṛū)
      - Hindustani:
        Hindi: बाँगड़ू (bā̃gṛū)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
  - Sinhalese: වඟි (waⁿgi)
Romani: beng (see there for further descendants)
Sylheti: ꠛꠦꠋ (beṅ)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vyaṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press