अन्ध

अन्ध

1. Devanagari script form of andha (“blind”)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *andʰás (“blind, dark”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬀 (aṇda, “blind”). The Sanskrit root is अन्ध् (andh).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐn.dʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐn̪.d̪ʱɐ/

अन्ध • (andhá) stem

1. blind
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.148.4:

     न यं रिपवो न रिषण्यवो गर्भे सन्तं रेषणा रेषयन्ति ।
     अन्धा अपश्या न दभन्नभिख्या नित्यास ईं प्रेतारो अरक्षन् ॥

     na yaṃ ripavo na riṣaṇyavo garbhe santaṃ reṣaṇā reṣayanti.
     andhā apaśyā na dabhannabhikhyā nityāsa īṃ pretāro arakṣan.

     Him, whom while yet in embryo the hostile, both skilled and fain to harm, may never injure,
     Men blind and sightless through his splendour hurt not: his never-failing lovers have preserved him.

2. dark

अन्ध • (andhá) stem, n or m

1. n night, darkness
2. m the name of a people

• अन्धक (andhaka)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi:

        Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਨ੍ਹਾ (annhā)

        Shahmukhi script: انھا

    • Vracada Apabhramsa:
      • Sindhi:

        Arabic script: انڌو

        Devanagari script: अंधो

  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥𑀕 (aṃdhaga)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: अंधा (andhā)

      Urdu: اَنْدَھا (andhā)

    • Vaghri: અંધો (andho)

• Assamese: অন্ধ (ondho)
• Bengali: অন্ধ (ondho)
• Dardic:
  • Torwali: اَن (an, “blind”)
  • Kashmiri: اۆن m (on, “blind”)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥 (aṃdha)
  • ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥𑀮 (aṃdhala)
  • ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀥-𑀮-𑀅 (*aṃdha-la-a)
    • Konkani: āndhḷo

      Devanagari script: आंधळो

      Kannada script: ಆಂಧಳೊ

      Latin script: andhllo

    • Old Marathi:

      Devanagari script: आंधल (āṃdhala)

      Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘠𑘩 (āṃdhala)

      • Marathi: आंधळे (āndhḷe)
• Pali: andha
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥 (aṃdha)
  • ⇒ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀥-𑀮-𑀕 (*aṃdha-la-ga)
    • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
      • Old Gujarati: आंधलउं (āndhalaũ), अंधलउं (andhalaũ)
        • Gujarati: આંધળું (ā̃dhaḷũ)
• → Balinese: ᬅᬦ᭄ᬥ (anda)
• → Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: अंध (aṃdha)

  Modi script: 𑘀𑘽𑘠 (aṃdha)

  • → Marathi: अंध (andha)
• ⇒ Telugu: అంధము (andhamu)
• → Thai: อันธ (an-tha, “blind, darkness”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “अन्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 44.