अङ्गन

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অঙ্গন (Assamese script)
ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕᬦ (Balinese script)
অঙ্গন (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀦 (Brahmi script)
အင်္ဂန (Burmese script)
અઙ્ગન (Gujarati script)
ਅਙ੍ਗਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಅಙ್ಗನ (Kannada script)
អង្គន (Khmer script)
ອງ຺ຄນ (Lao script)
അങ്ഗന (Malayalam script)
ᠠᢛᡤᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠠᢊᠺᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐣 (Newa script)
ଅଙ୍ଗନ (Odia script)
ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖡 (Siddham script)
අඞ‍්ගන (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚝 (Takri script)
அங்க³ந (Tamil script)
అఙ్గన (Telugu script)
องฺคน (Thai script)
ཨ་ངྒ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अङ्ग् (aṅg, root) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐŋ.ɡɐ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.ɡɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

अङ्गन • (aṅgana) stem, n

the act of walking
"place to walk in", yard, court, area, courtyard

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अङ्गन (aṅgana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अङ्गनम् aṅganam	अङ्गने aṅgane	अङ्गनानि / अङ्गना¹ aṅganāni / aṅganā¹
Vocative	अङ्गन aṅgana	अङ्गने aṅgane	अङ्गनानि / अङ्गना¹ aṅganāni / aṅganā¹
Accusative	अङ्गनम् aṅganam	अङ्गने aṅgane	अङ्गनानि / अङ्गना¹ aṅganāni / aṅganā¹
Instrumental	अङ्गनेन aṅganena	अङ्गनाभ्याम् aṅganābhyām	अङ्गनैः / अङ्गनेभिः¹ aṅganaiḥ / aṅganebhiḥ¹
Dative	अङ्गनाय aṅganāya	अङ्गनाभ्याम् aṅganābhyām	अङ्गनेभ्यः aṅganebhyaḥ
Ablative	अङ्गनात् aṅganāt	अङ्गनाभ्याम् aṅganābhyām	अङ्गनेभ्यः aṅganebhyaḥ
Genitive	अङ्गनस्य aṅganasya	अङ्गनयोः aṅganayoḥ	अङ्गनानाम् aṅganānām
Locative	अङ्गने aṅgane	अङ्गनयोः aṅganayoḥ	अङ्गनेषु aṅganeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: අඟුණුව (aⁿguṇuwa)
Magadhi Prakrit:
- Bengali: অঙ্গন (oṅgon), আঙিনা (aṅina)
- Maithili:
  Devanagari script: आङन (āṅan)
  
  Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒓𑒢 (āṅana)
- Odia: ଅଗଣା (agaṇā)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀡 (aṃgaṇa)
- Konkani: āṅgaṇ
  Devanagari script: आंगण
  
  Kannada script: ಆಂಗಣ್
  
  Latin script: angonn
- Old Marathi:
  Devanagari script: आंगण (āṃgaṇa)
  
  Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘐𑘜 (āṃgaṇa)
  - Marathi: अंगण (aṅgaṇ)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
  - Sindhi:
    Arabic script: اَڱَڻُ
    
    Devanagari script: अङणु
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀡 (aṃgaṇa)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
  - Maithili:
    Devanagari script: आङन (āṅan)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒓𑒢 (āṅana)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
  - Konkani: आंगण (āṅgaṇ)
  - Old Marathi: āṅgaṇa
    Devanagari script: आंगण
    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘐𑘜
    - Marathi: अंगण (aṅgaṇ)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Sindhi:
    Arabic script: اَڱَڻُ
    Devanagari script: अङणु
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
  - Gujarati: આંગણ (ā̃gaṇ)
  - Hindustani: āṅgan
    Hindi: आँगन
    Urdu: آنْگَن (āngan)
  - Vaghri: આંગણો (ā̃gaṇo)
→ Hindi: अंगन (aṅgan)

Further reading

Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 7.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅgana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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