अंगण

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘁𑘽𑘐𑘜 (āṃgaṇa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀡 (aṃgaṇa), from Sanskrit अङ्गन (aṅgana). Cognate with Konkani आंगण (āṅgaṇ), Gujarati આંગણ (ā̃gaṇ), Hindustani آنْگَن (āngan) / आँगन (āṅgan), Sindhi اَڱَڻُ / अङणु, Maithili आङन (āṅan) / 𑒂𑒓𑒢 (āṅana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əŋ.ɡəɳ/

Noun

अंगण • (aṅgaṇ) n

1. yard, court, courtyard

Declension

Declension of अंगण (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	अंगण aṅgaṇ
direct plural	अंगणे, अंगणं aṅgaṇe, aṅgṇa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अंगण aṅgaṇ		अंगणे, अंगणं aṅgaṇe, aṅgṇa
oblique सामान्यरूप	अंगणा aṅgaṇā		अंगणां- aṅgaṇān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अंगणाला aṅgaṇālā		अंगणांना aṅgaṇānnā
ergative	अंगणाने, अंगणानं aṅgaṇāne, aṅgaṇāna		अंगणांनी aṅgaṇānnī
instrumental	अंगणाशी aṅgaṇāśī		अंगणांशी aṅgaṇānśī
locative सप्तमी	अंगणात aṅgaṇāt		अंगणांत aṅgaṇāt
vocative संबोधन	अंगणा aṅgaṇā		अंगणांनो aṅgaṇānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अंगण (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अंगणाचा aṅgaṇāċā	अंगणाचे aṅgaṇāċe	अंगणाची aṅgaṇācī	अंगणाच्या aṅgaṇācā	अंगणाचे, अंगणाचं aṅgaṇāċe, aṅgaṇāċa	अंगणाची aṅgaṇācī	अंगणाच्या aṅgaṇācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अंगणांचा aṅgaṇānċā	अंगणांचे aṅgaṇānċe	अंगणांची aṅgaṇāñcī	अंगणांच्या aṅgaṇāncā	अंगणांचे, अंगणांचं aṅgaṇānċe, aṅgaṇānċa	अंगणांची aṅgaṇāñcī	अंगणांच्या aṅgaṇāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “अंगण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अंगण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अंगण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅgana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press