𑀅𑀁𑀘𑀮

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अञ्चल (añcala).

Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀘𑀮 (aṃcala) m (Devanagari अंचल)

1. the remaining part of a cloth

Descendants

• Central:
  • Awadhi: आँचर (ā̃car)
  • Braj: आँचर (ā̃car)
  • Hindustani: ā̃cal
    • Hindi: आँचल
    • Urdu: آن٘چَل
• Eastern:
  • Assamese: আঁচল (ãsol), আঁচলা (ãsola)
  • Bengali: আঁচল (ãcol), আঁচলা (ãcola)
  • Bihari: आँचर (ā̃car), आँचरी (ãcrī)
    • Bhojpuri: आँचर (ā̃car)
  • Odia: ଅଞ୍ଚଳ (añcaḷa), ଅଞ୍ଚଳା (añcaḷā)
• Northern:
  • Kumaoni: आँचल (ā̃cal), आँचव (ā̃caw)
  • Nepali: आँचल (ā̃cal)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: añcalā

    Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਚਲਾ

    Shahmukhi script: اَنچَلا

  • Sindhi: ãcilo

    Arabic script: اَنچِلو

    Devanagari script: अंचिलो

• Southern:
  • Marathi: आंचूळ (āñcūḷ), आचूळ (ācūḷ), आंचळी (āñcḷī), अंचळ (añcaḷ)
  • Sinhalese: අසලා (asalā), අහලා (ahalā)
• Western:
  • Gujarati: આંચળ (ā̃caḷ)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T. (1928) “अंचल”, in pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Calcutta: Self-published.