अञ्चल

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अञ्चल (añcala).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʌn̻t͡sʌl]
Phonetic Devanagari: अन्चल्

Noun

अञ्चल • (añcal)

anchal (administrative zone of Nepal)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

অঞ্চল (Assamese script)
ᬅᬜ᭄ᬘᬮ (Balinese script)
অঞ্চল (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀮 (Brahmi script)
အဉ္စလ (Burmese script)
અઞ્ચલ (Gujarati script)
ਅਞ੍ਚਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦚ꧀ꦕꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಅಞ್ಚಲ (Kannada script)
អញ្ចល (Khmer script)
ອຎ຺ຈລ (Lao script)
അഞ്ചല (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘩 (Modi script)
ᠠᡛᢋᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐮 (Newa script)
ଅଞ୍ଚଲ (Odia script)
ꢂꢛ꣄ꢗꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖩 (Siddham script)
අඤ්‍චල (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚥 (Takri script)
அஞ்சல (Tamil script)
అఞ్చల (Telugu script)
อญฺจล (Thai script)
ཨ་ཉྩ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

अञ् (añ) +‎ अल (ala).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

अञ्चल • (añcala) stem, m

border, hem; corner

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अञ्चल
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अञ्चलः (añcalaḥ)	अञ्चलौ (añcalau) अञ्चला¹ (añcalā¹)	अञ्चलाः (añcalāḥ) अञ्चलासः¹ (añcalāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अञ्चलम् (añcalam)	अञ्चलौ (añcalau) अञ्चला¹ (añcalā¹)	अञ्चलान् (añcalān)
instrumental	अञ्चलेन (añcalena)	अञ्चलाभ्याम् (añcalābhyām)	अञ्चलैः (añcalaiḥ) अञ्चलेभिः¹ (añcalebhiḥ¹)
dative	अञ्चलाय (añcalāya)	अञ्चलाभ्याम् (añcalābhyām)	अञ्चलेभ्यः (añcalebhyaḥ)
ablative	अञ्चलात् (añcalāt)	अञ्चलाभ्याम् (añcalābhyām)	अञ्चलेभ्यः (añcalebhyaḥ)
genitive	अञ्चलस्य (añcalasya)	अञ्चलयोः (añcalayoḥ)	अञ्चलानाम् (añcalānām)
locative	अञ्चले (añcale)	अञ्चलयोः (añcalayoḥ)	अञ्चलेषु (añcaleṣu)
vocative	अञ्चल (añcala)	अञ्चलौ (añcalau) अञ्चला¹ (añcalā¹)	अञ्चलाः (añcalāḥ) अञ्चलासः¹ (añcalāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: [script needed] (anzolᵘ)
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀘𑀮 (aṃcala)
- Central:
  - Awadhi: आँचर (ā̃car)
  - Braj: आँचर (ā̃car)
  - Hindustani: ā̃cal
    - Hindi: आँचल
    - Urdu: آن٘چَل
- Eastern:
  - Assamese: আঁচল (ãsol), আঁচলা (ãsola)
  - Bengali: আঁচল (ãcol), আঁচলা (ãcola)
  - Bihari: आँचर (ā̃car), आँचरी (ãcrī)
    - Bhojpuri: आँचर (ā̃car)
  - Odia: ଅଞ୍ଚଳ (añcaḷa), ଅଞ୍ଚଳା (añcaḷā)
- Northern:
  - Kumaoni: आँचल (ā̃cal), आँचव (ā̃caw)
  - Nepali: आँचल (ā̃cal)
- Northwestern:
  - Punjabi: añcalā
    Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਚਲਾ
    Shahmukhi script: اَنچَلا
  - Sindhi: ãcilo
    Arabic script: اَنچِلو
    Devanagari script: अंचिलो
- Southern:
  - Marathi: आंचूळ (āñcūḷ), आचूळ (ācūḷ), आंचळी (āñcḷī), अंचळ (añcaḷ)
  - Sinhalese: අසලා (asalā), අහලා (ahalā)
- Western:
  - Gujarati: આંચળ (ā̃caḷ)
→ Assamese: অঞ্চল (oñsol) (learned)
→ Bengali: অঞ্চল (oncol) (learned)
→ Hindustani: (learned)
Hindi: अंचल (añcal)

Urdu: اَن٘چَل (ãcal)
→ Kannada: ಅಂಚಲ (añcala) (learned)
→ Malayalam: അഞ്ചലം (añcalaṁ) (learned)
→ Marathi: अंचल (añcal) (learned)
→ Nepali: अञ्चल (añcal) (learned)
→ Telugu: అంచలము (añcalamu) (learned)

References

Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “अञ्चल”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “añcala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press