आण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আণ্ড (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• আণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• အာဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• આણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• អាណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ອາຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• ആണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• ଆଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• ආණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
• ஆண்ட³ (Tamil script)
• ఆణ్డ (Telugu script)
• อาณฺฑ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. A late Vedic corruption of an earlier *āndrá, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *āndrám, compare Kalasha ónḍrak (“egg”).

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *en-dʰró-m, from *én (“in”), compare Proto-Slavic *ędro (“kernel”). Or perhaps related to Proto-Iranian *Hāwyám (“egg”) and reshaped under the influence of words like पिण्ड (pínda-, “lump”), मण्डल (máṇḍala-, “circle”), which also denote round things. Or borrowed from Proto-Munda [Term?], compare Sora [script needed] (adre, “egg”), Kharia [script needed] (eṇḍá, “egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɳ.ɖɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɳ.ɖɐ/

Noun

आण्ड • (āṇḍá) stem, m

1. an egg
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.68.7:

     बृहस्पतिरमत हि त्यदासां नाम स्वरीणां सदने गुहा यत् ।
     आण्डेव भित्त्वा शकुनस्य गर्भमुदुस्रियाः पर्वतस्य त्मनाजत् ॥

     bṛhaspatiramata hi tyadāsāṃ nāma svarīṇāṃ sadane guhā yat.
     āṇḍeva bhittvā śakunasya garbhamudusriyāḥ parvatasya tmanājat.

     That secret name borne by the lowing cattle within the cave Bṛhaspati discovered,
     And drove, himself, the bright kine from the mountain, like a bird's young after the egg's breaking.

2. (in the dual) the testicles
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 9.7.13:

     क्रोधो वृक्कौ मन्युर् आण्डौ प्रजा शेपः ॥

     krodho vṛkkau manyur āṇḍau prajā śepaḥ.

     Wrath [represents] the kidneys, anger the testes, offspring the generative organ [of the Divine Bull].

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आण्ड (āṇḍá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आण्डः āṇḍáḥ	आण्डौ / आण्डा¹ āṇḍaú / āṇḍā́¹	आण्डाः / आण्डासः¹ āṇḍā́ḥ / āṇḍā́saḥ¹
Vocative	आण्ड ā́ṇḍa	आण्डौ / आण्डा¹ ā́ṇḍau / ā́ṇḍā¹	आण्डाः / आण्डासः¹ ā́ṇḍāḥ / ā́ṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आण्डम् āṇḍám	आण्डौ / आण्डा¹ āṇḍaú / āṇḍā́¹	आण्डान् āṇḍā́n
Instrumental	आण्डेन āṇḍéna	आण्डाभ्याम् āṇḍā́bhyām	आण्डैः / आण्डेभिः¹ āṇḍaíḥ / āṇḍébhiḥ¹
Dative	आण्डाय āṇḍā́ya	आण्डाभ्याम् āṇḍā́bhyām	आण्डेभ्यः āṇḍébhyaḥ
Ablative	आण्डात् āṇḍā́t	आण्डाभ्याम् āṇḍā́bhyām	आण्डेभ्यः āṇḍébhyaḥ
Genitive	आण्डस्य āṇḍásya	आण्डयोः āṇḍáyoḥ	आण्डानाम् āṇḍā́nām
Locative	आण्डे āṇḍé	आण्डयोः āṇḍáyoḥ	आण्डेषु āṇḍéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• साण्ड (sā́ṇḍa)

Descendants

• ⇒ Sanskrit: अण्ड (aṇḍá) (later form) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 134.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “āṇḍá”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 162