जङ्घा

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰángʰaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰángʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”).[1] Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬀‎ (zaṇga), Middle Persian [script needed] (zang).

The Sanskrit root is जंह् (jaṃh).

Pronunciation

Noun

जङ्घा • (jáṅghā) f[2]

  1. (anatomy) ankle; shank
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.15
      चरित्रं हि वेरिवाच्छेदि पर्णमाजा खेलस्य परितक्म्यायाम् ।
      सद्यो जङ्घामायसीं विश्पलायै धने हिते सर्तवे प्रत्यधत्तम् ॥
      caritraṃ hi verivācchedi parṇamājā khelasya paritakmyāyām .
      sadyo jaṅghāmāyasīṃ viśpalāyai dhane hite sartave pratyadhattam .
      When in the time of night, in Khela's battle, a leg was severed like a wild bird's pinion,
      Straight ye gave Vispala a leg of iron that she might move what time the conflict opened.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of जङ्घा (jáṅghā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative जङ्घा
jáṅghā		 जङ्घे
jáṅghe		 जङ्घाः
jáṅghāḥ
Vocative जङ्घे
jáṅghe		 जङ्घे
jáṅghe		 जङ्घाः
jáṅghāḥ
Accusative जङ्घाम्
jáṅghām		 जङ्घे
jáṅghe		 जङ्घाः
jáṅghāḥ
Instrumental जङ्घया / जङ्घा¹
jáṅghayā / jáṅghā¹		 जङ्घाभ्याम्
jáṅghābhyām		 जङ्घाभिः
jáṅghābhiḥ
Dative जङ्घायै
jáṅghāyai		 जङ्घाभ्याम्
jáṅghābhyām		 जङ्घाभ्यः
jáṅghābhyaḥ
Ablative जङ्घायाः
jáṅghāyāḥ		 जङ्घाभ्याम्
jáṅghābhyām		 जङ्घाभ्यः
jáṅghābhyaḥ
Genitive जङ्घायाः
jáṅghāyāḥ		 जङ्घयोः
jáṅghayoḥ		 जङ्घानाम्
jáṅghānām
Locative जङ्घायाम्
jáṅghāyām		 जङ्घयोः
jáṅghayoḥ		 जङ्घासु
jáṅghāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  1. ↑ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project)‎, Leiden University
  2. ↑ 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 409
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