𑀅𑀁𑀟

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-dró-s?
Proto-Indo-Aryan *āndrám
Sanskrit *आ॒न्द्र (*āndrá)
Sanskrit आ॒ण्ड (āṇḍá)
Sanskrit अ॒ण्ड (aṇḍá)
Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀟

    Inherited from Sanskrit अ॒ण्ड (aṇḍá), from आ॒ण्ड (āṇḍá), from *आ॒न्द्र (*āndrá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *āndrám, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-dró-s, from *h₁én, from *h₁en-.

    Noun

    𑀅𑀁𑀟 (aṃḍa) n (Devanagari अंड) [1][2]

    1. egg
    2. scrotum

    Derived terms

    • 𑀅𑀁𑀟𑀬 (aṃḍaya)

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
      • Hindustani:
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਆਂਡਾ (āṇḍā)
      • Sindhi:
        Arabic script: آنو (āno)
        Devanagari script: आनो
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
    • Western Indo-Aryan:

    References

    1. ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “अंड”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “āṇḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 50
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