अङ्गन

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অঙ্গন (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕᬦ (Balinese script)
• অঙ্গন (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• အင်္ဂန (Burmese script)
• અઙ્ગન (Gujarati script)
• ਅਙ੍ਗਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಙ್ಗನ (Kannada script)
• អង្គន (Khmer script)
• ອງ຺ຄນ (Lao script)
• അങ്ഗന (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢛᡤᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢊᠺᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଅଙ୍ଗନ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖡 (Siddham script)
• අඞ‍්ගන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚝 (Takri script)
• அங்க³ந (Tamil script)
• అఙ్గన (Telugu script)
• องฺคน (Thai script)
• ཨ་ངྒ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अङ्ग् (aṅg, root) +‎ -अन (-ana).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐŋ.ɡɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.ɡɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

अङ्गन • (aṅgana) stem, n

1. the act of walking
2. "place to walk in", yard, court, area, courtyard

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अङ्गन (aṅgana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अङ्गनम् aṅganam	अङ्गने aṅgane	अङ्गनानि / अङ्गना¹ aṅganāni / aṅganā¹
Vocative	अङ्गन aṅgana	अङ्गने aṅgane	अङ्गनानि / अङ्गना¹ aṅganāni / aṅganā¹
Accusative	अङ्गनम् aṅganam	अङ्गने aṅgane	अङ्गनानि / अङ्गना¹ aṅganāni / aṅganā¹
Instrumental	अङ्गनेन aṅganena	अङ्गनाभ्याम् aṅganābhyām	अङ्गनैः / अङ्गनेभिः¹ aṅganaiḥ / aṅganebhiḥ¹
Dative	अङ्गनाय aṅganāya	अङ्गनाभ्याम् aṅganābhyām	अङ्गनेभ्यः aṅganebhyaḥ
Ablative	अङ्गनात् aṅganāt	अङ्गनाभ्याम् aṅganābhyām	अङ्गनेभ्यः aṅganebhyaḥ
Genitive	अङ्गनस्य aṅganasya	अङ्गनयोः aṅganayoḥ	अङ्गनानाम् aṅganānām
Locative	अङ्गने aṅgane	अङ्गनयोः aṅganayoḥ	अङ्गनेषु aṅganeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Sinhalese: අඟුණුව (aⁿguṇuwa)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Bengali: অঙ্গন (oṅgon), আঙিনা (aṅina)
  • Maithili:

    Devanagari script: आङन (āṅan)

    Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒓𑒢 (āṅana)

  • Odia: ଅଗଣା (agaṇā)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀡 (aṃgaṇa)
  • Konkani: āṅgaṇ

    Devanagari script: आंगण

    Kannada script: ಆಂಗಣ್

    Latin script: angonn

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: आंगण (āṃgaṇa)

    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘐𑘜 (āṃgaṇa)

    • Marathi: अंगण (aṅgaṇ)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: اَڱَڻُ

      Devanagari script: अङणु

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀡 (aṃgaṇa)
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Maithili:

      Devanagari script: आङन (āṅan)

      Tirhuta script: 𑒂𑒓𑒢 (āṅana)

  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Konkani: आंगण (āṅgaṇ)
    • Old Marathi: āṅgaṇa

      Devanagari script: आंगण

      Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘐𑘜

      • Marathi: अंगण (aṅgaṇ)
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: اَڱَڻُ

      Devanagari script: अङणु

  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gujarati: આંગણ (ā̃gaṇ)
    • Hindustani: āṅgan

      Hindi: आँगन

      Urdu: آنْگَن (āngan)

    • Vaghri: આંગણો (ā̃gaṇo)
• → Hindi: अंगन (aṅgan)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्गन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 7.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṅgana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press