अंशु

See also: अंश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंशु (aṃśu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ən.ʃuː/, [ɐ̃ɲ.ʃuː]

Noun

अंशु • (añśu) m

1. ray, beam, sunbeam

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:किरण

   सूर्य की पहली अंशु पृथ्वी पर पड़ते ही अंधकार दूर हो गया।

   sūrya kī pahlī añśu pŕthvī par paṛte hī andhkār dūr ho gayā.

   As soon as the first ray of the sun fell on the earth, the darkness vanished.

2. splendor, brightness

Declension

Declension of अंशु (masc u-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अंशु añśu	अंशु añśu
oblique	अंशु añśu	अंशुओं añśuõ
vocative	अंशु añśu	अंशुओ añśuo

Proper noun

अंशु • (añśu) m

1. a male given name, Anshu, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of अंशु (sg-only masc u-stem)

	singular
direct	अंशु añśu
oblique	अंशु añśu
vocative	अंशु añśu

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अंशु”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 45
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अंशु”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 7

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• অংশু (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬂᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
• অংশু (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰽𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀁𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• အံၐု (Burmese script)
• અંશુ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਂਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌂𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦁꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂁𑂬𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಂಶು (Kannada script)
• អំឝុ (Khmer script)
• ອໍຨຸ (Lao script)
• അംശു (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠠᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘽𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠠᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧞𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑑄𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଅଂଶୁ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢀꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆁𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖽𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
• අංශු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪖𑩿𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚫𑚧𑚰 (Takri script)
• அஂஶு (Tamil script)
• అంశు (Telugu script)
• อํศุ (Thai script)
• ཨཾ་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑓀𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨸𑨮𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

the BMAC substrate bor.?

Proto-Indo-Iranian *anćúš

Proto-Indo-Aryan *anśúṣ

Sanskrit अंशु

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *anśúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *anćúš, possibly borrowed from the BMAC substrate . Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬄𐬯𐬎 (ąsu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɕú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɕu/

Noun

अं॒शु • (aṃśú) stem, m

1. filament, stalk, beam (especially of the Soma plant)
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.22.8:

     पि॒पी॒ळे अं॒शुर्मद्यो॒ न सिन्धु॒रा त्वा॒ शमी॑ शशमा॒नस्य॑ श॒क्तिः।
     अ॒स्म॒द्र्य॑क्छुशुचा॒नस्य॑ यम्या आ॒शुर्न र॒श्मिं तु॒व्योज॑सं॒ गोः॥

     pipīḷé aṃśúrmádyo ná síndhurā́ tvā śámī śaśamānásya śaktíḥ.
     asmadryàkchuśucānásya yamyā āśúrná raśmíṃ tuvyójasaṃ góḥ.

     Pressed is the gladdening stalk as ’twere a river: so let the rite, the toiler's power, attract thee To us-ward, of the Bright One, as the courser strains his. exceedingly strong leather bridle.

2. kind of Soma libation
3. thread
4. end of a thread, a minute particle
5. point, end
6. array, sunbeam
7. cloth
8. name of a rishi
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.5.26:

     यथो॒त कृत्व्ये॒ धनें॒ अं॒शुं गोष्व॒गस्त्य॑म्।
     यथा॒ वाजे॑षु॒ सोभ॑रिम्॥

     yáthotá kṛ́tvye dháneṃ aṃśúṃ góṣvagástyam.
     yáthā vā́jeṣu sóbharim.

     And in like manner as you protected Aṃśú when wealth was to be bestowed, and Agastya when his cattle were to be recovered, and Sobhari when food was to be supplied to him.

9. name of an ancient Vedic teacher, son of a धनंजय (dhanaṃjaya)
10. name of a prince

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of अं॒शु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अं॒शुः (aṃśúḥ)	अं॒शू (aṃśū́)	अं॒शवः॑ (aṃśávaḥ)
accusative	अं॒शुम् (aṃśúm)	अं॒शू (aṃśū́)	अं॒शून् (aṃśū́n)
instrumental	अं॒शुना॑ (aṃśúnā)	अं॒शुभ्या॑म् (aṃśúbhyām)	अं॒शुभिः॑ (aṃśúbhiḥ)
dative	अं॒शवे॑ (aṃśáve)	अं॒शुभ्या॑म् (aṃśúbhyām)	अं॒शुभ्यः॑ (aṃśúbhyaḥ)
ablative	अं॒शोः (aṃśóḥ)	अं॒शुभ्या॑म् (aṃśúbhyām)	अं॒शुभ्यः॑ (aṃśúbhyaḥ)
genitive	अं॒शोः (aṃśóḥ)	अं॒श्वोः (aṃśvóḥ)	अं॒शू॒नाम् (aṃśūnā́m)
locative	अं॒शौ (aṃśáu)	अं॒श्वोः (aṃśvóḥ)	अं॒शुषु॑ (aṃśúṣu)
vocative	अंशो॑ (áṃśo)	अंशू॑ (áṃśū)	अंश॑वः (áṃśavaḥ)

Derived terms

• सुधांशु (sudhāṃśu)

Descendants

• Pali: aṃsu
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀲𑀼 (aṃsu)
  • Assamese: আঁহ (ãh)
  • Bengali: আঁশ (ãś)
  • Rohingya: añc

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “अंशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “aṁśú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 1