अंश

See also: अंशु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंश (áṃśa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ənʃ/, [ɐ̃ɲʃ]

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Noun

अंश • (añś) m (Urdu spelling انش)

1. part, portion

   Synonym: हिस्सा (hissā)

   इस विवाद में सच का एक अंश तक नहीं है।

   is vivād mẽ sac kā ek añś tak nahī̃ hai.

   There is not even a morsel of truth in this debate.

2. degree
3. amount

Proper noun

अंश • (añś) m

1. a male given name, Ansh, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of अंश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अंश añś	अंश añś
oblique	अंश añś	अंशों añśõ
vocative	अंश añś	अंशो añśo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অংশ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬂᬰ (Balinese script)
• অংশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰽𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀁𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• အံၐ (Burmese script)
• અંશ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਂਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌂𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦁꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂁𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಂಶ (Kannada script)
• អំឝ (Khmer script)
• ອໍຨ (Lao script)
• അംശ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘽𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧞𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑑄𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଅଂଶ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢀꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆁𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖽𑖫 (Siddham script)
• අංශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪖𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚫𑚧 (Takri script)
• அஂஶ (Tamil script)
• అంశ (Telugu script)
• อํศ (Thai script)
• ཨཾ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑓀𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨸𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁neḱ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónḱos?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánćas

Sanskrit अंश

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánćas (“share, part, portion”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónḱos, possibly from *h₁neḱ- or *h₂neḱ-. Compare Proto-Uralic *ońća (“part, share”) and Hungarian oszt (“to divide”), borrowings from Proto-Indo-Iranian.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃́.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɕɐ/

Noun

अंश॑ • (áṃśa) stem, m

1. a share, portion, part, party
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.31.3:

     अधा॑यि धी॒तिरस॑सृग्र॒म्अंशा॑स्ती॒र्थे न द॒स्ममुप॑ य॒न्त्यूमाः॑।
     अ॒भ्या॑नश्म सुवि॒तस्य॑ शू॒षं नवे॑दसो अ॒मृता॑नामभूम॥

     ádhāyi dhītírásasṛgramáṃśāstīrthé ná dasmámúpa yantyū́māḥ.
     abhyā̀naśma suvitásya śūṣáṃ návedaso amṛ́tānāmabhūma.

     The sacrifice has been prepared; the invigorating portions of the oblation approach the beautiful god of excellent birth, as the waters at a holy spot approach the gods; may we obtain the happiness of heaven; may we have a real knowledge of the immortals.

2. partition, inheritance
3. a share of booty
4. earnest money
5. stake (in betting)
6. a lot
7. the denominator of a fraction
8. a degree of latitude or longitude
9. a day
10. name of an Aditya
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.27.1:

      इ॒मा गिर॑ आदि॒त्येभ्यो॑ घृ॒तस्नूः॑ स॒नाद्राज॑भ्यो जु॒ह्वा॑ जुहोमि।
      शृ॒णोतु॑ मि॒त्रो अ॑र्य॒मा भगो॑ नस्तुविजा॒तो वरु॑णो॒ दक्षो॒ अंशः॑॥

      imā́ gíra ādityébhyo ghṛtásnūḥ sanā́drā́jabhyo juhvā̀ juhomi.
      śṛṇótu mitró aryamā́ bhágo nastuvijātó váruṇo dákṣo áṃśaḥ.

      I present continually, with the ladle of speech, these oblation-dropping hymns to the royal Ādityas;
      may Mitra, Aryaman, Bhaga, the multi-present Varuṇa, the powerful Aṃśa, hear us.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अंश॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अंशः॑ (áṃśaḥ)	अंशौ॑ (áṃśau) अंशा॑¹ (áṃśā¹)	अंशाः॑ (áṃśāḥ) अंशा॑सः¹ (áṃśāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अंश॑म् (áṃśam)	अंशौ॑ (áṃśau) अंशा॑¹ (áṃśā¹)	अंशा॑न् (áṃśān)
instrumental	अंशे॑न (áṃśena)	अंशा॑भ्याम् (áṃśābhyām)	अंशैः॑ (áṃśaiḥ) अंशे॑भिः¹ (áṃśebhiḥ¹)
dative	अंशा॑य (áṃśāya)	अंशा॑भ्याम् (áṃśābhyām)	अंशे॑भ्यः (áṃśebhyaḥ)
ablative	अंशा॑त् (áṃśāt)	अंशा॑भ्याम् (áṃśābhyām)	अंशे॑भ्यः (áṃśebhyaḥ)
genitive	अंश॑स्य (áṃśasya)	अंश॑योः (áṃśayoḥ)	अंशा॑नाम् (áṃśānām)
locative	अंशे॑ (áṃśe)	अंश॑योः (áṃśayoḥ)	अंशे॑षु (áṃśeṣu)
vocative	अंश॑ (áṃśa)	अंशौ॑ (áṃśau) अंशा॑¹ (áṃśā¹)	अंशाः॑ (áṃśāḥ) अंशा॑सः¹ (áṃśāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Related terms

• अंशक (aṃśaka, “forming part”)
• अंशिन् (aṃśin, “having a share”)
• अंशीकरोति (aṃśīkaroti, “to share”)

Descendants

• → Hindi: अंश (añś)
• → Kannada: ಅಂಶ (aṃśa)
• → Khmer: អង្សា (ʼɑngsaa)
• → Marathi: अंश (auśa)
• → Old Javanese: aṅśa
  • Javanese: angsa (“portion, share”)
  • → Balinese: angsa (“inheritance, fraction”)
• → Odia: ଅଂଶ (aṁśa)
• → Punjabi: ਅੰਸ਼ (ãśa)
• → Tamil: அங்கிசம் (aṅkicam), அசனம் (acaṉam), அஞ்சம் (añcam), அம்சம் (amcam), அமிசம் (amicam)
• → Thai: องศา (ong-sǎa)
• → Malayalam: അംശം (aṁśaṁ)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “अंश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “अंश”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 001
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 001
• “अंश” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 1.