अनक्ति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬅᬦᬓ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
  • অনক্তি (Assamese script)
  • অনক্তি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰡𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌅𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • અનક્તિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਨਕੑਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦄꦤꦏ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
  • អនក្តិ (Khmer script)
  • ಅನಕ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
  • ອນກ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
  • അനക്തി (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘀𑘡𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᠨᠠᢉᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠠᠨᠠᡬᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
  • အနက္တိ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦠𑧁𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐣𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ଅନକ୍ତି (Oriya script)
  • ꢂꢥꢒ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆤𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖡𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • අනක්ති (Sinhalese script)
  • అనక్తి (Telugu script)
  • อนกฺติ (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ན་ཀྟི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒢𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃n̥-né-gʷ-ti ~ *h₃n̥-n-gʷ-énti (“to smear, anoint”, nasal infix present to the root *h₃engʷ-), just like Old Armenian աւծանեմ (awcanem, “to anoint, consecrate”). Also cognate with Armenian օծեմ (ōcem, “to perfume”) and Latin unguō (“to anoint”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.nɐk.ti/, [ɐ.nɐk̚.ti]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɐˈn̪ɐk.t̪i/, [ɐˈn̪ɐk̚.t̪i]

Verb

अनक्ति • (anakti) (root अञ्ज्, class 7, type P, present)

  1. To anoint, apply an ointment or pigment.

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “AÑJ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 54
  2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “h₂engʷ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 267

Further reading
  • Monier Williams (1899), “अनक्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 17/1.
  • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “अनक्ति”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
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