अंश

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंश (áṃśa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ənʃ/

Noun

अंश • (anś) m (Urdu spelling انش‎)

1. part, portion

   इस विवाद में सच का एक अंश तक नहीं है।

   is vivād mẽ sac kā ek anś tak nahī̃ hai.

   There is not even a morsel of truth in this debate.

   Synonym: हिस्सा (hissā)

2. degree
3. amount

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hánśas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánĉas (“share, part, portion”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ónḱos. Cognate with Avestan 𐬄𐬯𐬀‎ (ąsa, “share, part”), Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “mass, burden”). *h₁ónḱos may be a derivative of *h₁neḱ- (“to carry”) or *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”).

The word was borrowed into Finno-Ugric from Proto-Indo-Iranian before the merger of Proto-Indo-European */a/, */o/ and */e/ into Proto-Indo-Iranian */a/ occurred; compare Estonian and Finnish osa (“part”) and Hungarian oszt (“to divide”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃́.ɕɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.ɕɐ/

Noun

अंश • (áṃśa) m

1. a share, portion, part, party
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.31.03

     अधायि धीतिरससृग्रमंशास्तीर्थे न दस्ममुप यन्त्यूमाः ।
     अभ्यानश्म सुवितस्य शूषं नवेदसो अमृतानामभूम ॥

     adhāyi dhītirasasṛgramaṃśāstīrthe na dasmamupa yantyūmāḥ .
     abhyānaśma suvitasya śūṣaṃ navedaso amṛtānāmabhūma .

     The hymn is formed, poured are the allotted portions: as to a ford friends come unto the Wondrous.
     We have obtained the power of case and comfort, we have become acquainted, with Immortals.

2. partition, inheritance
3. a share of booty
4. earnest money
5. stake (in betting)
6. a lot
7. the denominator of a fraction
8. a degree of latitude or longitude
9. a day
10. name of an Aditya
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.27.01

      इमा गिर आदित्येभ्यो घृतस्नूः सनाद्राजभ्यो जुह्वा जुहोमि ।
      शृणोतु मित्रो अर्यमा भगो नस्तुविजातो वरुणो दक्षो अंशः ॥

      imā gira ādityebhyo ghṛtasnūḥ sanādrājabhyo juhvā juhomi .
      śṛṇotu mitro aryamā bhago nastuvijāto varuṇo dakṣo aṃśaḥ .

      These hymns that drop down fatness, with the ladle I ever offer to the Kings Ādityas.
      May Mitra, Aryaman, and Bhaga hear us, the mighty Varuṇa Dakṣa, and Aṁśa.

References

• “अंश” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, OCLC 186102264, page 1.
• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0001
• Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 001
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 001