# अन्ध
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* andha (Latin script)
* 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
* অন্ধ (Bengali script)
* අන්‍ධ (Sinhalese script)
* အန္ဓ or ဢၼ္ꩪ or ဢၼ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
* อนฺธ or อันธะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨶ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
* ອນ຺ຘ or ອັນຘະ (Lao script)
* អន្ធ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄚𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

अन्ध
* Devanagari script form of andha (“blind”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অন্ধ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬦ᭄ᬥ (Balinese script)
* অন্ধ (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰡𑰿𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
* အန္ဓ (Burmese script)
* અન્ધ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਨ੍ਧ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌧 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦤ꧀ꦣ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂢𑂹𑂡 (Kaithi script)
* ಅನ್ಧ (Kannada script)
* អន្ធ (Khmer script)
* ອນ຺ຘ (Lao script)
* അന്ധ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠨᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘡𑘿𑘠 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠨᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧁𑧠𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐣𑑂𑐢 (Newa script)
* ଅନ୍ଧ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢥ꣄ꢤ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆤𑇀𑆣 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖡𑖿𑖠 (Siddham script)
* අන්‍ධ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩯 𑪙𑩮 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚝𑚶𑚜 (Takri script)
* அந்த⁴ (Tamil script)
* అన్ధ (Telugu script)
* อนฺธ (Thai script)
* ཨ་ནྡྷ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒢𑓂𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨝𑩇𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *andʰás (“blind, dark”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬧𐬛𐬀 (aṇda, “blind”). The Sanskrit root is अन्ध् (andh).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐn.dʱɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐn̪.d̪ʱɐ/

### Adjective

अन्ध • (andhá) stem
* blind
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.148.4:न यं रिपवो न रिषण्यवो गर्भे सन्तं रेषणा रेषयन्ति । अन्धा अपश्या न दभन्नभिख्या नित्यास ईं प्रेतारो अरक्षन् ॥na yaṃ ripavo na riṣaṇyavo garbhe santaṃ reṣaṇā reṣayanti. andhā apaśyā na dabhannabhikhyā nityāsa īṃ pretāro arakṣan.Him, whom while yet in embryo the hostile, both skilled and fain to harm, may never injure, Men blind and sightless through his splendour hurt not: his never-failing lovers have preserved him.
* dark

#### Declension
### Noun

अन्ध • (andhá) stem, n or m
* n night, darkness
* m the name of a people

#### Derived terms

* अन्धक (andhaka)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਨ੍ਹਾ (annhā)
    Shahmukhi script: انھا
*** Vracada Apabhramsa:
**** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: انڌو
    Devanagari script: अंधो
** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥𑀕 (aṃdhaga)
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: अंधा (andhā)
    Urdu: اَنْدَھا (andhā)
*** Vaghri: અંધો (andho)

#### Descendants

* Assamese: অন্ধ (ondho)
* Bengali: অন্ধ (ondho)
* Dardic:
** Torwali: اَن (an, “blind”)
** Kashmiri: اۆن m (on, “blind”)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥 (aṃdha)
** ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥𑀮 (aṃdhala)
** ⇒ Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀥-𑀮-𑀅 (*aṃdha-la-a)
*** Konkani: āndhḷo
    Devanagari script: आंधळो
    Kannada script: ಆಂಧಳೊ
    Latin script: andhllo
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: आंधल (āṃdhala)
    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘠𑘩 (āṃdhala)
**** Marathi: आंधळे (āndhḷe)
* Pali: andha
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥 (aṃdha)
** ⇒ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀥-𑀮-𑀕 (*aṃdha-la-ga)
*** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
**** Old Gujarati: आंधलउं (āndhalaũ), अंधलउं (andhalaũ)
***** Gujarati: આંધળું (ā̃dhaḷũ)
* → Balinese: ᬅᬦ᭄ᬥ (anda)
* → Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: अंध (aṃdha)
    Modi script: 𑘀𑘽𑘠 (aṃdha)
** → Marathi: अंध (andha)
* ⇒ Telugu: అంధము (andhamu)
* → Thai: อันธ (an-tha, “blind, darkness”)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अन्ध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 44.