Hindi

Noun

अंश • ‎(ãñś) m ‎(Urdu spelling انش)

1. part, portion
2. degree
3. amount

Sanskrit

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁onḱos, with possible cognate of Ancient Greek ὄγκος ‎(ónkos, “mass, burden”). Probably not reconstructable for Proto-Indo-European proper, but a derivative of *h₁neḱ- ‎(“to carry”) or *h₂neḱ- ‎(“to reach”).

The word was borrowed into Finno-Ugric from Indo-Iranian source, before the merger of Proto-Indo-European */a/, */o/ and */e/ into Proto-Indo-Iranian */a/ occurred; compare Finnish and Estonian osa ‎(“part”) and Hungarian oszt ‎(“to divide”).

Noun

अंश • ‎(áṃśa) m

1. a share, portion, part, party
   • RV 10.31.3

     अधायि धीतिरसस्र्ग्रमंशास्तीर्थे न दस्ममुपयन्त्युमाः |

     अभ्यानश्म सुवितस्य शूषं नवेदसोम्र्तानामभूम ||

     adhāyi dhītirasasṛghr'amaṃśāstīrthe na dasmamupayantyumāḥ |

     abhyānaśma suvitasya śūṣaṃ navedasoamṛtānāmabhūma ||

     The hymn is formed, poured are the allotted portions: as to a ford friends come unto the Wondrous.

     We have obtained the power of case and comfort, we have become acquainted, with Immortals.

2. partition, inheritance
3. a share of booty
4. earnest money
5. stake (in betting)
6. a lot
7. the denominator of a fraction
8. a degree of latitude or longitude
9. a day
10. name of an Aditya
    • RV 2.27.1

      इमा गिर आदित्येभ्यो घर्तस्नूः सनाद राजभ्यो जुह्वा जुहोमि |

      शर्णोतु मित्रो अर्यमा भगो नस्तुविजातो वरुणो दक्षो अंशः ||

      imā ghira ādityebhyo ghṛtasnūḥ sanād rājabhyo juhvā juhomi |

      śṛṇotu mitro aryamā bhagho nastuvijāto varuṇo dakṣo aṃśaḥ ||

      THESE hymns that drop down fatness, with the ladle I ever offer to the Kings Ādityas.

      May Mitra, Aryaman, and Bhaga hear us, the mighty Varuṇa Dakṣa, and Aṁśa.

Declension

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0001
• Carl Capeller, A Sanskrit-English dictionary, based upon the St. Petersburg lexicons, London: Luzac & Co., 1891, page 001
• Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 001
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 001