अग्र

See also: अंगूर, अगर, अगुरु, अगार, and अंगारा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অগ্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬕ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• অগ্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰐𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အဂြ (Burmese script)
• અગ્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਅਗ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌗𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦒꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂏𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಗ್ರ (Kannada script)
• អគ្រ (Khmer script)
• ອຄ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• അഗ്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡤᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠺᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦰𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐐𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଅଗ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢂꢔ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖐𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• අග්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩞 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚌𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• அக்³ர (Tamil script)
• అగ్ర (Telugu script)
• อคฺร (Thai script)
• ཨ་གྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒑𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨍𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अङ्ग् (aṅg).

Adjective

अग्र • (agra)

1. foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting, chief, best
2. supernumerary

Noun

अग्र • (agra) stem, n

1. foremost point or part
2. tip
3. front
4. uppermost part, top, summit, surface
5. point
6. (figuratively) sharpness
7. the nearest end, the beginning
8. the climax or best part
9. goal, aim
10. multitude L.
11. a weight, equal to a pala L.
12. a measure of food given as alms L.
13. (astronomy) the sun's amplitude

Derived terms

• अग्रज (agraja)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕 (aga /⁠agga⁠/)
  • Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕 (agga)
    • 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀮 (aggala)
      • Old Gujarati: आगलि (ā̃gali)
        • Gujarati: આગળ (āgaḷ)
    • *𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕-𑀮-𑀅 (*agga-la-a)
      • Old Marathi:
        • Marathi: आगळे (āgḷe)
    • 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀑 (aggāo), 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀤𑁄 (aggādo) (ablative singular)
      • Gujarati: અગાઉ (agāu)
      • Hindi: अगाऊ (agāū)
      • Old Marathi:

        Modi script: 𑘀𑘑𑘰𑘪 (aghāva), 𑘁𑘑𑘰𑘌 (āghāo), 𑘁𑘑𑘰𑘪 (āghāva)

        Devanagari script: अघाव (aghāva), आघाओ (āghāo), आघाव (āghāva)

        • Marathi: आगाऊ (āgāū)
      • Punjabi:

        Gurmukhi script: ਅਗਾਊਂ (agāū̃)

        Shahmukhi script: اگاؤں

• Pali: agga
  • → Burmese: အဂ္ဂ (agga.)
  • → Khmer: អគ្គ (ʼakkĕəʼ)
• → Assamese: আগ (ag)
• → Malay: agar / اݢر
  • Indonesian: agar
• → Romani: angla
• → Telugu: అగ్రము (agramu)
• → Tocharian B: agrakulike

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अग्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 6, column 2.