लाङ्गल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• लङ्गल (laṅgala)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লাঙ্গল (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬵᬗ᭄ᬕᬮ (Balinese script)
• লাঙ্গল (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰯𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀸𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• လာင်္ဂလ (Burmese script)
• લાઙ્ગલ (Gujarati script)
• ਲਾਙ੍ਗਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦴꦔ꧀ꦒꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂰𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಾಙ್ಗಲ (Kannada script)
• លាង្គល (Khmer script)
• ລາງ຺ຄລ (Lao script)
• ലാങ്ഗല (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢛᡤᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘰𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᢗᢊᠺᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧑𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐵𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐮 (Newa script)
• ଲାଙ୍ଗଲ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢵꢖ꣄ꢔꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆳𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖯𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖩 (Siddham script)
• ලාඞ‍්ගල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩛𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚭𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚥 (Takri script)
• லாங்க³ல (Tamil script)
• లాఙ్గల (Telugu script)
• ลางฺคล (Thai script)
• ལཱ་ངྒ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨊𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Ollari నాంగల్ (nāṅgal).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɑːŋ.ɡɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɑːŋ.ɡɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

लाङ्गल • (lāṅgala) stem, ?

1. plough

Descendants

• Pali: naṅgala
• Prakrit: 𑀮𑀁𑀕𑀮 (laṃgala)
  • Assamese: নাঙল (naṅol)
  • Bengali: নাঙল (naṅol), নাঙ্গল (naṅgol)
  • Bhadrawahi: नाङ्गल (nāṅgal)
  • Bihari:
    • Magahi: लाँगल्
    • Maithili: नांगनो (nāṅgᵊnō)
  • Hindustani: nā̃gal, nāgal, nāgar
    • Hindi: नाँगल, नागल, नागर
    • Urdu: نان٘گَل, ناگَل, ناگَر
  • Marathi: नांगर (nāṅgar), नांगोर (nāṅgor), नागार (nāgār), नागोर (nāgor)
  • Odia: ନାଁଗର (nā̃gara)
  • Sinhalese: නඟුල් (naⁿgul), නගල (nagala), නගුල (nagula)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “लाङ्गल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lāṅgala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press