अंस

See also: अस, अस्, and असि

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• aṃsa (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• অংস (Bengali script)
• අංස (Sinhalese script)
• အံသ or ဢံသ (Burmese script)
• อํส or อังสะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩴᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ອໍສ or ອັງສະ (Lao script)
• អំស (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄁𑄥 (Chakma script)

Noun

अंस ?

1. Devanagari script form of aṃsa

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• অংস (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
• অংস (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• အံသ (Burmese script)
• અંસ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਂਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂁𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಂಸ (Kannada script)
• អំស (Khmer script)
• ອໍສ (Lao script)
• അംസ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘽𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧞𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑑄𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଅଂସ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
• අංස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪖𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚫𑚨 (Takri script)
• அஂஸ (Tamil script)
• అంస (Telugu script)
• อํส (Thai script)
• ཨཾ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨸𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hámsas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hámsas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos (“shoulder”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos), Latin umerus, Gothic 𐌰𐌼𐍃 (ams).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃́.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.s̪ɐ/

Noun

अंस • (áṃsa) stem, m

1. (anatomy) shoulder, shoulder-blade

   Synonyms: शुप्ति (śúpti), पक्ष (pakṣá), विरट (viraṭa), बाहुशिखर (bāhuśikhara)

2. corner of a quadrangle
3. name of a king
4. (in the dual) the two shoulders or angles of an altar
5. a share (for अंश (áṃśa))

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अंस (áṃsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अंसः áṃsaḥ	अंसौ / अंसा¹ áṃsau / áṃsā¹	अंसाः / अंसासः¹ áṃsāḥ / áṃsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अंस áṃsa	अंसौ / अंसा¹ áṃsau / áṃsā¹	अंसाः / अंसासः¹ áṃsāḥ / áṃsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अंसम् áṃsam	अंसौ / अंसा¹ áṃsau / áṃsā¹	अंसान् áṃsān
Instrumental	अंसेन áṃsena	अंसाभ्याम् áṃsābhyām	अंसैः / अंसेभिः¹ áṃsaiḥ / áṃsebhiḥ¹
Dative	अंसाय áṃsāya	अंसाभ्याम् áṃsābhyām	अंसेभ्यः áṃsebhyaḥ
Ablative	अंसात् áṃsāt	अंसाभ्याम् áṃsābhyām	अंसेभ्यः áṃsebhyaḥ
Genitive	अंसस्य áṃsasya	अंसयोः áṃsayoḥ	अंसानाम् áṃsānām
Locative	अंसे áṃse	अंसयोः áṃsayoḥ	अंसेषु áṃseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• अंसकूट (aṃsakūṭa, “shoulder, bull's hump”)
• अंसत्र (aṃsatra, “armour protecting the shoulder”)
• अंसदघ्न (aṃsadaghna​, “up to the shoulder”)
• अंसध्री (aṃsadhrī, “cooking vessel”)
• अंसपृष्ठ (aṃsapṛṣṭha, “back of the shoulder”)
• अंसफलक (aṃsaphalaka, “shoulder-blade”)
• अंसभार or अंसेभार (aṃsabhāra or aṃsebhāra, “burden on the shoulder”)
• अंसभारिक or अंसेभारिक (aṃsabhārika or aṃsebhārika, “bearing a burden on the shoulder”)
• अंसेमूल (aṃsemūla, “the acromion”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अंस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001.