अङ्गुष्ठ

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hangúštʰas (thumb, big toe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (joint). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬀 (aṇgušta), Middle Persian ʾngwst' (angust) (whence Persian انگشت (angošt)). Also related to अङ्गुरि (aṅgúri), अङ्गुलि (aṅgúli), अङ्ग (aṅgá).

Pronunciation

Noun

अङ्गुष्ठ (aṅgúṣṭha) stemm

  1. thumb
  2. big toe, hallux

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्गुष्ठ
singular dual plural
nominative अङ्गुष्ठः (aṅguṣṭhaḥ) अङ्गुष्ठौ (aṅguṣṭhau)
अङ्गुष्ठा¹ (aṅguṣṭhā¹)
अङ्गुष्ठाः (aṅguṣṭhāḥ)
अङ्गुष्ठासः¹ (aṅguṣṭhāsaḥ¹)
vocative अङ्गुष्ठ (aṅguṣṭha) अङ्गुष्ठौ (aṅguṣṭhau)
अङ्गुष्ठा¹ (aṅguṣṭhā¹)
अङ्गुष्ठाः (aṅguṣṭhāḥ)
अङ्गुष्ठासः¹ (aṅguṣṭhāsaḥ¹)
accusative अङ्गुष्ठम् (aṅguṣṭham) अङ्गुष्ठौ (aṅguṣṭhau)
अङ्गुष्ठा¹ (aṅguṣṭhā¹)
अङ्गुष्ठान् (aṅguṣṭhān)
instrumental अङ्गुष्ठेन (aṅguṣṭhena) अङ्गुष्ठाभ्याम् (aṅguṣṭhābhyām) अङ्गुष्ठैः (aṅguṣṭhaiḥ)
अङ्गुष्ठेभिः¹ (aṅguṣṭhebhiḥ¹)
dative अङ्गुष्ठाय (aṅguṣṭhāya) अङ्गुष्ठाभ्याम् (aṅguṣṭhābhyām) अङ्गुष्ठेभ्यः (aṅguṣṭhebhyaḥ)
ablative अङ्गुष्ठात् (aṅguṣṭhāt) अङ्गुष्ठाभ्याम् (aṅguṣṭhābhyām) अङ्गुष्ठेभ्यः (aṅguṣṭhebhyaḥ)
genitive अङ्गुष्ठस्य (aṅguṣṭhasya) अङ्गुष्ठयोः (aṅguṣṭhayoḥ) अङ्गुष्ठानाम् (aṅguṣṭhānām)
locative अङ्गुष्ठे (aṅguṣṭhe) अङ्गुष्ठयोः (aṅguṣṭhayoḥ) अङ्गुष्ठेषु (aṅguṣṭheṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गुष्ठ”, 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