# आम्र
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* আম্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬆᬫ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* আম্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰁𑰦𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀆𑀫𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* အာမြ (Burmese script)
* આમ્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਆਮ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌆𑌮𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦴꦩꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂄𑂧𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಆಮ್ರ (Kannada script)
* អាម្រ (Khmer script)
* ອາມ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* ആമ്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘁𑘦𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢗᠮᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦡𑧆𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐁𑐩𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଆମ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢃꢪ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆄𑆩𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖁𑖦𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ආම්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩛𑩴 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚁𑚢𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* ஆம்ர (Tamil script)
* ఆమ్ర (Telugu script)
* อามฺร (Thai script)
* ཨཱ་མྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒂𑒧𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨊𑨢𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂h₃m-ro- (“sour”). Compare अम्ल (amla, “sour”), Proto-Germanic *ampraz (“sour”), Latin amārus (“bitter, sharp tasting”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑːm.ɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɑːm.ɾɐ/

### Noun

आम्र • (āmrá) stem, m
* the mango fruit
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
* the mango tree, Mangifera indica

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: اَمب (amb)
    Devanagari script: अंब (aṃb)
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
** Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
*** Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
**** Assamese: আম (am)
**** Bengali: আম (am)
**** Bhojpuri:
    Devanagari script: आम (ām)
    Kaithi script: 𑂄𑂧 (ām)
**** Chakma: 𑄃𑄟𑄴
**** Odia: ଆମ୍ବ (āmba)
**** Rohingya:
    Hanifi Rohingya script: 𐴀𐴝𐴔𐴧 (amm)
    Latin script: amm
**** Sylheti: ꠀꠝ (am)
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
**** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: आंबा (āṃbā)
    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘤 (āṃba)
***** Marathi: आंबा (āmbā)
****** Iraqi Arabic: عَمْبَة (ʿamba)
******* Hebrew: עַמְבָּה (ʿámbā)
******** English: amba
**** Konkani:
    Devanagari script: आम्बो (āmbô)
    Kannada script: ಆಂಬೊ (āmbô)
    Latin script: ambo
**** → Arabic: عَنْبَة (ʕanba), عَنْبَا (ʕanbā)
***** → Middle Armenian: անապ (anap), անպ (anp)
***** → Somali: cámbe
**** → Middle Persian: *anbag
***** Persian: انبه (anbe)
***** Baluchi: ہمب (humb)
***** → Arabic: أَنْبَج (ʔanbaj)
****** → Middle Armenian: ամպաճ (ampač), անպաճ (anpač), անապաճ (anapač)
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
**** Dogri:
    Devanagari script: अम्ब (amb)
    Dogra script: 𑠀𑠢𑠹𑠠 (amba)
**** Hindustani:
***** Hindi: आम (ām)
***** Urdu: آم (ām)
**** Kachchi: આમુ (āmu)
**** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਬ (amba)
    Shahmukhi script: اَمْب (amb)
**** Marwari: आंब (āmb)
**** Saurashtra:
    Saurashtra script: ꢂꢀꢨꣁ (aṃbo)
    Tamil script: அம்பொ (ambo)
**** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: اَنبُ
    Devanagari script: अंबु
**** Khasa Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
***** → Nepali: आँप (ā̃p)
* Dhivehi: އަނބު (aᵐbu)
* Pali: amba
* → Swahili: embe (an early borrowing from an Indo-Iranian language)
* → Tocharian B: āmpär

### References

* “आम्र॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 65, column 1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “आम्र”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 041
* Monier Williams (1899) “आम्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 147/3.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 171