अङ्क

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hankás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánkas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos, from *h₂enk- (“curve, bend”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos), Latin uncus, Old East Slavic паукъ (paukŭ).

अङ्क • (aṅká) m

1. hook
   • RV 1.162.13d

     यन नीक्षणं मांस्पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्णासेचनानि |

     ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणामङकाः सूनाःपरि भूषन्त्यश्वम ||

     yan nīkṣaṇaṃ māṃspacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇaāsecanāni |

     ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇāmaṅkāḥ sūnāḥpari bhūṣantyaśvam ||

     The trial-fork of the flesh-cooking caldron, the vessels out of which the broth is sprinkled,

     The warming-pots, the covers of the dishes, hooks, carving-boards,—all these attend the Charger.

2. (in the dual) part of a chariot
3. curve
4. the curve in the human, especially the female, figure above the hip (where infants sitting, astride are carried by mothers hence often = 'breast' or 'lap')
5. side, flank
6. body
7. proximity, place
8. the bend in the arm
9. any hook or crooked instrument
10. curved line
11. a numerical figure, cipher, a figure or mark branded on an animal etc.
12. any mark, line, stroke, ornament, stigma
13. a number
14. the numbers one and nine
15. coefficient
16. act of a drama
17. drama
18. military show, sham-fight
19. misdeed, sin

• Monier Williams (1899), “अङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0007.