अङ्ग

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• aṅga or anga (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• අඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• အင်္ဂ or ဢင်္ၷ or ဢင်ၷ (Burmese script)
• องฺค or อังคะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩘᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ອງ຺ຄ or ອັງຄະ (Lao script)
• អង្គ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄋𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Noun

अङ्ग n

1. Devanagari script form of aṅga

Declension

Declension table of "अङ्ग" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ)	अङ्गानि (aṅgāni)
Accusative (second)	अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ)	अङ्गानि (aṅgāni)
Instrumental (third)	अङ्गेन (aṅgena)	अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi)
Dative (fourth)	अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa) or अङ्गाय (aṅgāya) or अङ्गत्थं (aṅgatthaṃ)	अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अङ्गस्मा (aṅgasmā) or अङ्गम्हा (aṅgamhā) or अङ्गा (aṅgā)	अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa)	अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अङ्गस्मिं (aṅgasmiṃ) or अङ्गम्हि (aṅgamhi) or अङ्गे (aṅge)	अङ्गेसु (aṅgesu)
Vocative (calling)	अङ्ग (aṅga)	अङ्गानि (aṅgāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অঙ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
• অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• အင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• અઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• អង្គ (Khmer script)
• ອງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• അങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଅଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• අඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• அங்க³ (Tamil script)
• అఙ్గ (Telugu script)
• องฺค (Thai script)
• ཨ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ŋ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.ɡɐ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“corner”).

Noun

अङ्ग • (áṅga) stem, m

1. (√ अम् Uṇ.), a limb of the body
2. a limb, member
3. the body
4. a subordinate division or department, especially of a science, as the six वेदाङ्गs hence the number six
5. name of the chief sacred texts of the जैनs
6. a limb or subdivision of मन्त्र or counsel (said to be five, viz. 1. कर्मणाम् आरम्भोपायः, means of commencing operations ; 2. पुरुष-द्रव्य-सम्पद्, providing men and materials ; 3. देश-काल-विभाग, distribution of place and time ; 4. विपत्ति-प्रतीकार, counter-action of disaster ; 5. कार्य-सिद्धि, successful accomplishment ; whence मन्त्र is said to be पञ्चाङ्ग)
7. any subdivision, a supplement
8. (grammar) the base of a word, but in the strong cases only
9. anything inferior or secondary, anything immaterial or unessential, » अङ्ग-ता
10. (rhetoric) an illustration
11. (drama) the whole of the subordinate characters
12. expedient
13. a mental organ, the mind

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्ग (áṅga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अङ्गः áṅgaḥ	अङ्गौ / अङ्गा¹ áṅgau / áṅgā¹	अङ्गाः / अङ्गासः¹ áṅgāḥ / áṅgāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अङ्ग áṅga	अङ्गौ / अङ्गा¹ áṅgau / áṅgā¹	अङ्गाः / अङ्गासः¹ áṅgāḥ / áṅgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अङ्गम् áṅgam	अङ्गौ / अङ्गा¹ áṅgau / áṅgā¹	अङ्गान् áṅgān
Instrumental	अङ्गेन áṅgena	अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām	अङ्गैः / अङ्गेभिः¹ áṅgaiḥ / áṅgebhiḥ¹
Dative	अङ्गाय áṅgāya	अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām	अङ्गेभ्यः áṅgebhyaḥ
Ablative	अङ्गात् áṅgāt	अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām	अङ्गेभ्यः áṅgebhyaḥ
Genitive	अङ्गस्य áṅgasya	अङ्गयोः áṅgayoḥ	अङ्गानाम् áṅgānām
Locative	अङ्गे áṅge	अङ्गयोः áṅgayoḥ	अङ्गेषु áṅgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga)

Descendants

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: oŋg
  • Kashmiri: انگ
• Pali: aṅga
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀔 (aṃkha)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindustani: ã̄g, ã̄gā
        • Hindi: आँग, आँगा (āṅgā)
        • Urdu: آںگ (ā̃g), آںگَہ (ā̃ga)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: আঙ্গ (aṅgo)
      • Bengali: আঙ (aṅ)
      • Bihari:
        • Maithili: आँग (ā̃g)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Kumaoni: आङ (āṅ)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: आङ (āṅ)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: अङ्ग (aṅg)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: aṅg

          Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਗ

          Shahmukhi script: انگ

      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: aṅu

          Arabic script: اڱُ

          Devanagari script: अङु

          • ⇒ Sindhi: chāṅo

            Arabic script: چَاڱُ

            Devanagari script: चाङु

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: އަންގަ (an̊ga)
      • Sinhalese: අඟ (aⁿga), ඇඟ (æⁿga)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Konkani: āṅga

        Devanagari script: आंग

        Latin script: ang

        Kannada script: ಆಂಗ್

      • Marathi: आँग (āĕṅga)
        • ⇒ Marathi: अँगाविणे (aĕṅgāviṇe)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: આઁગ (ām̐ga)
        • ⇒ Gujarati: આગવું (āgavũ), અઁગાઉ (am̐gāu)
• Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀔~𑀟
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Garhwali: आँगड़ी (āṅgṛī)
        • Kumaoni: आङर (āṅar), आङड़ो (āṅṛo)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: આંગડીી (ā̃gaḍīī)
• Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀔~𑀮𑁆𑀮
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: આંગલી (ā̃galī), આંગલું (ā̃galũ)

Borrowed terms

• → Hindi: अंग (aṅg)
• → Malay: angka (“numeral”)
  • Indonesian: angka
• → Malayalam: അംഗം (aṅgaṁ)
• → Mongolian: анги (angi, “class, grade, classroom”)
• → Old Javanese: aṅga
  • Javanese: ꦲꦁꦒ (angga)
  • → Balinese: ᬳᬗ᭄ᬕ (angga)
• → Telugu: అంగము (aṅgamu)
• → Tocharian B: ānk

Etymology 2

Of unclear origin. The traditional derivation from अङ्ग् (aṅg, “to go”) is semantically unappealing. Others connect the word to Old Prussian anga (“whether”).

Particle

अङ्ग • (aṅga)

1. a particle implying attention, assent or desire, and sometimes impatience; it may be rendered by well
2. indeed, true; please; rather; quick

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 7/2-3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 48
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “anga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 6
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 30-1