अङ्गुरि

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hanguri-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-ul- (joint?), *h₂engulos, from *h₂eng-, *ang- (corner, hirn). Cognates include Latin angulus (corner, angle), Old High German enchil (ankle, joint) and Old Church Slavonic ѫгълъ (ǫgŭlŭ, angle).

Pronunciation

Noun

अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri) stemf

  1. finger, toe
  2. digit

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अङ्गुरिः
aṅgúriḥ
अङ्गुरी
aṅgúrī
अङ्गुरयः
aṅgúrayaḥ
Vocative अङ्गुरे
áṅgure
अङ्गुरी
áṅgurī
अङ्गुरयः
áṅgurayaḥ
Accusative अङ्गुरिम्
aṅgúrim
अङ्गुरी
aṅgúrī
अङ्गुरीः
aṅgúrīḥ
Instrumental अङ्गुर्या / अङ्गुरी¹
aṅgúryā / aṅgúrī¹
अङ्गुरिभ्याम्
aṅgúribhyām
अङ्गुरिभिः
aṅgúribhiḥ
Dative अङ्गुरये / अङ्गुर्यै² / अङ्गुरी¹
aṅgúraye / aṅgúryai² / aṅgúrī¹
अङ्गुरिभ्याम्
aṅgúribhyām
अङ्गुरिभ्यः
aṅgúribhyaḥ
Ablative अङ्गुरेः / अङ्गुर्याः² / अङ्गुर्यै³
aṅgúreḥ / aṅgúryāḥ² / aṅgúryai³
अङ्गुरिभ्याम्
aṅgúribhyām
अङ्गुरिभ्यः
aṅgúribhyaḥ
Genitive अङ्गुरेः / अङ्गुर्याः² / अङ्गुर्यै³
aṅgúreḥ / aṅgúryāḥ² / aṅgúryai³
अङ्गुर्योः
aṅgúryoḥ
अङ्गुरीणाम्
aṅgúrīṇām
Locative अङ्गुरौ / अङ्गुर्याम्² / अङ्गुरा¹
aṅgúrau / aṅgúryām² / aṅgúrā¹
अङ्गुर्योः
aṅgúryoḥ
अङ्गुरिषु
aṅgúriṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गुरि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0008/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 49
  • Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University