नांगल

Hindi

Alternative forms

नाँगल (nāṅgal), नागल (nāgal), लांगल (lāṅgal), लाँगल (lāṅgal)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀭 (ṇaṅgara), from Sanskrit लाङ्गल (lāṅgala) or directly borrowed from Dravidian. Compare with Marathi नांगर (nāṅgar), Assamese নাঙল (naṅol), Ollari నాంగల్ (nāṅgal).

Noun

नांगल • (nāṅgal) m (Urdu spelling نانگل)

plough
Synonym: हल (hal)

Declension

Declension of *नांगल* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नांगल nāṅgal	नांगल nāṅgal
oblique	नांगल nāṅgal	नांगलों nāṅgalõ
vocative	नांगल nāṅgal	नांगलो nāṅgalo

References

Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022), “नाँगल”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “lāˊṅgala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press