अञ्च्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • अच् (ac)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hanč-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-.

Pronunciation

Root

अञ्च् • (añc)

  1. to bend, curve, incline, curl
  2. to revere
  3. to honour
  4. to tend, move, go, wander about
  5. to request
  6. to unfold, make clear, produce
  7. to be desirous of bending
  8. turned to; going or directed towards

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अञ्च्‎ (0 c, 8 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
  • अच्यते (acyáte, Passive)
  • अञ्च्यते (añcyáte, Passive)
  • अञ्चयति (añcáyati, Causative)
  • अङ्कयति (aṅkáyati, Causative)
  • अञ्चिचिषति (añciciṣati, Desiderative)
Non-Finite Forms
  • अक्न (akná, Past Participle)
  • अचित (acitá, Past Participle)
  • अञ्चित (añcitá, Past Participle)
  • अक्त (aktá, Past Participle)
Derived Nominal Forms

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अञ्च्‎ (10 c, 0 e)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अञ्च्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 10/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 1
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 52-3
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