आण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আণ্ড (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• আণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• အာဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• આણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• អាណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ອາຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• ആണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• ଆଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• ආණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
• ஆண்ட³ (Tamil script)
• ఆణ్డ (Telugu script)
• อาณฺฑ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. A late Vedic corruption of an earlier *āndrá, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *āndrám, compare Kalasha ónḍrak (“egg”).

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *en-dʰró-m, from *én (“in”), compare Proto-Slavic *ędro (“kernel”). Or perhaps related to Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (“egg”) and reshaped under the influence of words like पिण्ड (pínda-, “lump”), मण्डल (máṇḍala-, “circle”), which also denote round things. Or borrowed from Proto-Munda [Term?], compare Sora [script needed] (adre, “egg”), Kharia [script needed] (eṇḍá, “egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɳ.ɖɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɳ.ɖɐ/

Noun

आण्ड • (āṇḍá) stem, m

1. an egg
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.68.7:

     बृहस्पतिरमत हि त्यदासां नाम स्वरीणां सदने गुहा यत् ।
     आण्डेव भित्त्वा शकुनस्य गर्भमुदुस्रियाः पर्वतस्य त्मनाजत् ॥

     bṛhaspatiramata hi tyadāsāṃ nāma svarīṇāṃ sadane guhā yat .
     āṇḍeva bhittvā śakunasya garbhamudusriyāḥ parvatasya tmanājat .

     That secret name borne by the lowing cattle within the cave Bṛhaspati discovered,
     And drove, himself, the bright kine from the mountain, like a bird's young after the egg's breaking.

2. (in the dual) the testicles
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 9.7.13:

     क्रोधो वृक्कौ मन्युर् आण्डौ प्रजा शेपः ॥

     krodho vṛkkau manyur āṇḍau prajā śepaḥ .

     Wrath [represents] the kidneys, anger the testes, offspring the generative organ [of the Divine Bull].

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आण्ड (āṇḍá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आण्डः āṇḍáḥ	आण्डौ / आण्डा¹ āṇḍaú / āṇḍā́¹	आण्डाः / आण्डासः¹ āṇḍā́ḥ / āṇḍā́saḥ¹
Vocative	आण्ड ā́ṇḍa	आण्डौ / आण्डा¹ ā́ṇḍau / ā́ṇḍā¹	आण्डाः / आण्डासः¹ ā́ṇḍāḥ / ā́ṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आण्डम् āṇḍám	आण्डौ / आण्डा¹ āṇḍaú / āṇḍā́¹	आण्डान् āṇḍā́n
Instrumental	आण्डेन āṇḍéna	आण्डाभ्याम् āṇḍā́bhyām	आण्डैः / आण्डेभिः¹ āṇḍaíḥ / āṇḍébhiḥ¹
Dative	आण्डाय āṇḍā́ya	आण्डाभ्याम् āṇḍā́bhyām	आण्डेभ्यः āṇḍébhyaḥ
Ablative	आण्डात् āṇḍā́t	आण्डाभ्याम् āṇḍā́bhyām	आण्डेभ्यः āṇḍébhyaḥ
Genitive	आण्डस्य āṇḍásya	आण्डयोः āṇḍáyoḥ	आण्डानाम् āṇḍā́nām
Locative	आण्डे āṇḍé	आण्डयोः āṇḍáyoḥ	आण्डेषु āṇḍéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• साण्ड (sā́ṇḍa)

Descendants

• ⇒ Sanskrit: अण्ड (aṇḍá) (later form) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 134.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “āṇḍá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 162