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 m

1. Devanagari script form of aṃsa (“shoulder”)
2. Devanagari script form of aṃsa (“part”)

Declension

Declension table of "अंस" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अंसो (aṃso)	अंसा (aṃsā)
Accusative (second)	अंसं (aṃsaṃ)	अंसे (aṃse)
Instrumental (third)	अंसेन (aṃsena)	अंसेहि (aṃsehi) or अंसेभि (aṃsebhi)
Dative (fourth)	अंसस्स (aṃsassa) or अंसाय (aṃsāya) or अंसत्थं (aṃsatthaṃ)	अंसानं (aṃsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अंसस्मा (aṃsasmā) or अंसम्हा (aṃsamhā) or अंसा (aṃsā)	अंसेहि (aṃsehi) or अंसेभि (aṃsebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अंसस्स (aṃsassa)	अंसानं (aṃsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अंसस्मिं (aṃsasmiṃ) or अंसम्हि (aṃsamhi) or अंसे (aṃse)	अंसेसु (aṃsesu)
Vocative (calling)	अंस (aṃsa)	अंसा (aṃsā)

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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-European *h₂óms-o-s (“shoulder”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”), Latin umerus (“shoulder”), Gothic 𐌰𐌼𐍃 (ams, “shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ́m.sɐ/, /ɐ̃́.sɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ɡm̩.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.s̪ɐ/

Noun

अंस • (áṃsa) stem, m

1. (anatomy) shoulder, shoulder-blade
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.57.6:

     ऋष्टयो वो मरुतो अंसयोर्अधि सह ओजो बाह्वोर्वो बलं हितम्।

     ṛṣṭayo vo maruto aṃsayoradhi saha ojo bāhvorvo balaṃ hitam.

     Borne on both shoulders, O ye Maruts, are your spears: within your arms is laid your energy and strength.

   Synonyms: शुप्ति (śúpti), पक्ष (pakṣá)

2. corner of a quadrangle
3. (in the dual) the two shoulders or angles of an altar

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”)

 

Descendants

• Pali: aṃsa
• • Hindi: हाँस (hā̃s)
• → Tamil: அம்ஸம் (amsam)
• → Telugu: అంసము (aṁsamu)
• → Odia: ଅଂସ (aṁsa)
• → Marathi: अंश (auśa)

References

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