अङ्गुल

Related to अङ्गुलि (aṅguli), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐŋ.ɡu.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.ɡu.l̪ɐ/

अङ्गुल • (aṅgula) stem, m

1. finger; thumb
2. fingerbreadth; a measure equal to eight barley-corns; 12 in a वितस्ति (vitasti, “span, foot”) and 24 in a हस्त (hasta, “cubit”, literally “hand”)

• Pali: aṅgula
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀼𑀮 (aṃgula) (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed terms

• → Tamil: அங்குலம் (aṅkulam)
• → Telugu: అంగుళము (aṅguḷamu)

• अङ्गुलि (aṅguli)

• Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गुल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0008.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अङ्गुलः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 27
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅgula”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 7