जङ्घा
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰángʰaH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰángʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-o-s.[1] Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬧𐬔𐬀 (zaṇga), Middle Persian [script needed] (zang).
Noun
जङ्घा • (jáṅghā) stem, f (root जंह्) [2]
- (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.
- caritraṃ hi verivācchedi parṇamājā khelasya paritakmyāyām .
- चरित्रं हि वेरिवाच्छेदि पर्णमाजा खेलस्य परितक्म्यायाम् ।
- (anatomy) thigh
Declension
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Descendants
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: زَنٛگ (zang)
- Pali: jaṅghā
- Prakrit: 𑀚𑀁𑀖𑀸 (jaṃghā)
References
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- Monier Williams (1899), “जङ्घा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 409.
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