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meaning ʻ sweeping together, wiping ʼ cf. development of meaning under úñchati and prōñchati). But N. Bi. H. point to MIA. *aṅga -- u(ñ)cha -- (with aṅgōñcha -- as late Sanskritization), poss. a MIA. form with * -- vuñcha<-> anal. replacing puñcha -- < prōñcha -- (as suggested by Platts UD s.v. and P. Tedesco JAOS 77. 195). In either case loss of second nasal, through dissimilation, was early (contrast úñchati, prōñchati). In any case Bloch LM 286 wrongly < aṅgavastra.]
P. aṅgocchā m. ʻ waist -- cloth worn when bathing and afterwards used as a towel ʼ; Ku. aṅocho ʻ towel ʼ, N. aṅaucho, Or. aṅguchā, °chi (aṅgoñchā prob. ← Sk.), Bi. ãgauchā, gamchā, °chī, H. ãgauchā, ãgochā m., °chī f., G. ãguchɔ m., Ko. ã̄gso m. -- Lw. from centre in K. angōca m. (with c), S. aṅgocho m. (with ṅg), M. ãgochā, ãgchā m. (with ch).
áṅgya -- see aṅgikā -- .

acaṣṭa 140 *acaṣṭa ʻ untasted ʼ. [*caṣṭa -- : √*cakṣ2]
G. eṭh f. ʻ refuse of food ʼ.

acca 141 *acca ʻ sudden shock ʼ. 2. *accakka -- .
1. G. acɔ m. ʻ obstacle, crowd ʼ.
2. G. āckɔ m. ʻ shock, push ʼ, acakvũ ʻ to stop ʼ intr.; M. ã̄ċkā m. ʻ sudden pull ʼ, aċkī f. ʻ convulsive gasp ʼ, ã̄ċakṇẽ ʻ to jolt, strike ʼ.

accha 142 accha1 ʻ clear, transparent ʼ Suśr. [Poss. ʻ shadowless ʼ cf. acchāyá -- RV. Neither *r̥kṣa -- (Mayrhofer EWA i 22) nor ā̆rca -- (P. Tedesco JAOS 77, 197) are phonet. satisfactory. ]
Pa. Pk. accha -- ʻ clear, transparent, pure, clean ʼ; K. oċhu ʻ thin, weak ʼ; S. acho ʻ clear, white ʼ; L. acchā ʻ clean, good ʼ; P. acchā ʻ good ʼ (→ H. N. acchā), Ku. ācho, B. ācchā, Or. āchā, H. poet. āchā (→ P. āchā), OMarw. āchyo, f. āchī; G. āchũ ʻ thin, elegant, dim ʼ; M. āsaṭ, ã̄saṭ ʻ thin, watery, dilute ʼ. -- With emph. h -- : L. awāṇ. hacchā ʻ clear ʼ, P. hacchā ʻ good ʼ; WPah. bhal. bhad. haccho ʻ good ʼ, paṅ. cur. cam. hacchā ʻ white ʼ. -- As subst. S. acha f. ʻ anything spread out over a considerable space (flood, clouds, plain, &c.) ʼ; G. āchi f. ʻ elegance ʼ. -- Cf. Gy. eur. lačo ʻ good ʼ with unexplained l -- (scarcely with Sampson DGW iv 189 < lakṣ -- ).
accha -- 2 m. ʻ bear ʼ, see ŕ̊kṣa -- .
Addenda: accha -- 1 [Mayrhofer EWA i 22 < *r̥kṣá -- but rather < acchāya -- ]
S.kcch. acho ʻ white ʼ, WPah.kṭg. háċċhɔ, kc. aċho ʻ good ʼ; Garh. acchū ʻ good ʼ ← P.

acchādana 143 *acchādana ʻ without covering ʼ. [chādana -- ]
Kho. čhan (or čan?) ʻ naked ʼ.

144 acchidat 3 sg. aor. ind. ʻ has cut ʼ Pāṇ., subj. chidat(i) ŚBr. [√chid]
Kho. očhistam pret. ʻ I cut ʼ.
AJ ʻ drive ʼ: ájati; ápājati, *abhiyajyatē, āˊjati, prājaka -- , prājana -- , *prājayati, samāja -- .

ajá 145 ajá m. ʻ goat ʼ, ajāˊ -- f. RV., ajakā -- , -- ikā -- f. ʻ small or young goat ʼ Pāṇ.
Pa. aja -- , °aka -- m., ajikā -- , °iyā -- f., Pk. aya -- m., ayā -- f., Aś. ajake m., °kā f., Shum. ū̃ī f. (NOGaw 37 < *ajanikā -- q.v.), Sh. ai f., S. f.; Si. ada ʻ goat, ram ʼ. There is considerable confusion of meaning between ʻ goat ʼ and ʻ sheep ʼ, and phonet. the Shum. Sh. S. forms may represent aví -- , avikāˊ -- . There is a similar confusion in their cmpds. But Sh. bro. ā ʻ she -- goat ʼ < ajāˊ -- .
*ajakaṭa -- , *ajanikā -- , *ajānī -- , ajína -- , *ajya -- ; *kaṭṭājya -- ; ajakarṇa -- , ajagará -- , *ajapaṣṭha -- , ajapālá -- , ajamōda -- , *ajavāṭa -- , ajavīthi -- .

ajakaṭa 146 *ajakaṭa m. ʻ flock of goats ʼ. [Ext. with -- ṭa -- of ajaka -- , cf. avikaṭá -- : ajá -- ]
S. ajaṛu m. ʻ flock of goats ʼ (< *ayyaṛu ?); L. eiyuṛ, (Jukes) aiyyaṛ m. ʻ flock of sheep or goats ʼ, P. ayyaṛ m. -- Or < avikaṭá -- .

ajakarṇa 147 ajakarṇa m. ʻ a goat's ear ʼ KātyŚr., ʻ the tree Termi- nalia alata tomentosa ʼ Suśr., °aka -- m. ʻ the tree Shorea robusta ʼ lex. [ajá -- , kárṇa -- ]
H. enī f. ʻ name of a very big tree ʼ ?

ajagará 148 ajagará m. ʻ boa constrictor ʼ AV. [ajá -- , gará -- ]
Pa. Pk. ajagara -- m., Pk. ayagara -- , M. Ko. ār m.; Si. dāra -- in dārakaravalā ʻ the snake Bungarus Ceylonicus ʼ, dārapolan̆gā ʻ a kind of viper ʼ H. Smith JA 1950, 192.
M. ā̆hār, ahīr ʻ boa constrictor ʼ, Ko. hāru perh. X *ahirūpa -- .
ájati see āˊjati.

ajanikā 149 *ajanikā ʻ she -- goat ʼ, or *ajānī -- ? [ajá -- ]
Gaw. hḗnī f. (NOGaw 37 < *ajanikā -- , but perh. < ḗkahāyana -- ), Shum. ū̃ī (or < ajá -- or ávi -- ).

ajapaṣṭha 150 *ajapaṣṭha ʻ young goat ʼ. [ajá -- , *paṣṭha -- ]
S. aiṭha f. ʻ she -- goat 10 or 12 months old ʼ. -- Or < *avipaṣṭha -- .

ajapālá 151 ajapālá m. ʻ goatherd ʼ VS. [ajá -- , pālá -- ]
Pa. ajapāla -- m., Pk. ayavāla -- m.; Gaw. wāl ʻ shepherd ʼ, Kal. wal -- moč (NOGaw 53 < -- vāla -- extracted from cmpds. with -- pāla -- ); L. eiyāl m. ʻ shepherd, goatherd ʼ; P. ayāl f. (?) ʻ flock of sheep or goats ʼ, ayālī, yālī m. ʻ shepherd, goatherd ʼ; Marw. evāḷiyo m. ʻ shepherd ʼ. -- The forms of Gaw. Kal. L. P. Marw. may equally be < avipālá --

ajamōda 152 ajamōda m., -- ā -- , -- ikā -- f. ʻ carroway, parsley, Ligu- sticum ajwaen ʼ Suśr. [Pop. etym. ajá -- , mōda -- : cf. ajāji -- , yavānī -- ]
Pa. ajamōja -- m. ʻ cummin -- seed ʼ; G. ajmɔ m. ʻ parsley ʼ; M. õvā m. ʻ Ligusticum ajwaen, Sison ammi and its seed ʼ; Si. adā ʻ Anethum sowa ʼ, adimoda ʻ a kind of parsley, Carum copticum ʼ.

ajarā 153 ajarā f. ʻ Aloe perfoliata, Argyreia speciosa ʼ lex. [Cf. ajāgara -- m. ʻ Eclipta or Verbesina prostrata ʼ]
Si. adara ʻ name of a medicinal plant ʼ (DSL 196 -- 7 prob. same as adariya ʻ cowitch, Mucuna pruriens ʼ).

ajavāṭa 154 *ajavāṭa m. ʻ goat -- pen ʼ. [ajá -- , vāṭa -- 1: with EH. -- r- < -- -- rather than < -- vāra -- ]
H. aiwārā m. ʻ shed for sheep, goats or cattle in jungle ʼ. -- Or < *avivāṭa -- .

ajavīthi 155 ajavīthi f. ʻ path of the constellation Aries ʼ Yājñ. [ajá -- , vīthi -- ]
Pa. ajavīthi -- , Si. adavē Geiger EGS 7, but prob. ← Pa.
ájasra -- see *jasara -- .
ajāgara -- see ajarā -- .

ajājĭ̄ 156 ajājĭ̄ f. ʻ Cuminum cyminum, Ficus oppositifolia, Nigella indica ʼ Suśr. [Cf. ajamōda -- , yavānī -- ]
Kho. (Lor.) ōǰōž ʻ caraway ʼ.

ajānant 157 ajānant ʻ not knowing ʼ. [jāˊnant -- : √jñā] MW.
Pk. ayāṇaṁta -- , ayāṇa -- , °ṇaa -- , °ṇuya -- ʻ foolish ʼ, ayāṇa<-> n. ʻ folly ʼ; S. iāṇo ʻ ignorant ʼ; L. ayāṇã̄ m. ʻ fool, infant ʼ; P. ayāṇā, yāṇā ʻ ignorant, immature ʼ; Ku. ayāṇo ʻ young ʼ; OAw. ayānā̆ ʻ ignorant ʼ; H. ayānā ʻ silly ʼ. -- Cf. Pa. ajānana -- n. ʻ ignorance ʼ.
*ajānī -- f. ʻ she -- goat ʼ, see *ajanikā -- .
Addenda: ajānant -- : Garh. ayāṇū ʻ ignorant ʼ.

ajína 158 ajína n. ʻ skin of esp. the black antelope used by ascetics ʼ AV. [ajá -- ]
Pa. ajina -- n., Pk. ajiṇa -- , aïṇa -- n., Si. adun, an̆dun (Sikhavalanda v. 3).
Addenda: ajína -- [Cf. ajinapatrā -- , °trī -- , °trikā f. ʻ bat ʼ lex.]
WPah.kṭg. ēṇ ʻ flying fox ʼ Him.I 7.
ajinapatrā -- ʻ bat ʼ see ajína -- Add2.

ajr̥ta 159 *ajr̥ta ʻ undigested ʼ. [Cf. jīryatē ʻ is digested ʼ Yājñ., ajīrṇa -- ʻ undigested ʼ Mn., ajīrti -- f. ʻ indigestibleness ʼ: √j&rcirclemacr;]
Or. ajaṛa ʻ indigestion ʼ.

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