अङ्कुश

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ang- (“curve, bend”). Compare Persian آکج‎ (âkej, “hook”).

Pronunciation

Noun

अङ्कुश • (aṅkuśa) m or n

  1. a hook, especially an elephant-driver's hook
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