fingers and toes

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Glottomany
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fingers and toes

Postby Glottomany » 2021-04-17, 15:26

Hi there,

In Hindi, is the word for 'fingers' and the word for 'toes' the same? And what is it?

Thanks!

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Re: fingers and toes

Postby sandmehta2014 » 2021-04-17, 18:01

Yes. It is almost the same, it's known as Angutha.

Hand - Haath(Hand) ka Angutha
Feet- Pair (Leg) ka Angutha"
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Re: fingers and toes

Postby Glottomany » 2021-04-17, 21:48

Thank you. And is this the correct spelling (of the plural, i.e. fingerS): अंगुलियाँ ?

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Re: fingers and toes

Postby Forever Knowledge » 2021-04-18, 19:46

The word for finger and toe is the same: उँगली/उंगली (ungli). If you need to be specific, finger is हाथ की उँगली (haath ki ungli), and toe is पैर/पाँव की उँगली (pair/paanw ki ungli). The plural (fingers, toes) has two forms: direct and oblique. The direct plural is उँगलियाँ (ungliyaan) and the oblique plural is उँगलियों (ungliyon).

अँगुली/अंगुली anguli (direct plural: अँगुलियाँ anguliyaan, oblique plural: अँगुलियों anguliyon) is an alternative and lesser used variant of उँगली.

The word for thumb and big toe is अँगूठा/अंगूठा angootha (direct plural: अँगूठे angoothe, oblique plural: अँगूठों angoothon). It doesn’t refer to other fingers and toes.

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Re: fingers and toes

Postby Glottomany » 2021-04-19, 8:31

Thank you very much Forever Knowledge!

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Re: fingers and toes

Postby vijayjohn » 2022-02-13, 17:21

Forever Knowledge wrote:अँगुली/अंगुली anguli (direct plural: अँगुलियाँ anguliyaan, oblique plural: अँगुलियों anguliyon) is an alternative and lesser used variant of उँगली.

Yes. It's a loanword/tatsam from Sanskrit, whereas उँगली is indigenous/a tadbhav. We have अंगुली in Malayalam, too.


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