अंस

See also: अस, अस्, and असि

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hámsas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hámsas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃émsos (“shoulder”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos), Latin umerus, and Gothic 𐌰𐌼𐍃 (ams).

Pronunciation

Noun

अंस • (áṃsa) m

  1. shoulder, shoulder-blade
    Synonyms: शुप्ति (śupti), पक्ष (pakṣa), विरट (viraṭa), बाहुशिखर (bāhuśikhara)
  2. corner of a quadrangle
  3. name of a king
  4. (in the dual) the two shoulders or angles of an altar
  5. share (for अंश (aṃśa))

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अंस (áṃsa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अंसः
áṃsaḥ		 अंसौ
áṃsau		 अंसाः / अंसासः¹
áṃsāḥ / áṃsāsaḥ¹
Vocative अंस
áṃsa		 अंसौ
áṃsau		 अंसाः / अंसासः¹
áṃsāḥ / áṃsāsaḥ¹
Accusative अंसम्
áṃsam		 अंसौ
áṃsau		 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

References

  • 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
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