# अग्र
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অগ্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬕ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* অগ্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰐𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* အဂြ (Burmese script)
* અગ્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਅਗ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌗𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦒꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂏𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಗ್ರ (Kannada script)
* អគ្រ (Khmer script)
* ອຄ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* അഗ്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᡤᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘐𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠺᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑦰𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐐𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଅଗ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢂꢔ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖐𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* අග්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩞 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚌𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* அக்³ர (Tamil script)
* అగ్ర (Telugu script)
* อคฺร (Thai script)
* ཨ་གྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒑𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨍𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Of uncertain origin; compare Latin Agrippa (a Latin cognomen) and Hittite [script needed] (hé-kur, “stone peak”) / [script needed] (hé-gur). Probably not from अङ्ग् (aṅg, “to go”), despite what Monier-Williams suggests.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́ɡ.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐɡ.ɾɐ/

### Adjective

अग्र • (ágra) stem
* foremost, anterior, first, prominent, projecting, chief, best
* supernumerary

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

अग्र • (ágra) stem, n
* foremost point or part
* tip
* front
* uppermost part, top, summit, surface
* point
* (figuratively) sharpness
* the nearest end, the beginning
* the climax or best part
* goal, aim
* multitude L.
* a weight, equal to a pala L.
* a measure of food given as alms L.
* (astronomy) the sun's amplitude

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* अग्रज (agraja)
* अग्रतस् (agratás)
* अग्रिम (agrimá)
* अग्रय (agriyá)
* दुग्धाग्र (dugdhāgra)
* लिङ्गाग्र (liṅgāgra)

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕 (aga /⁠agga⁠/)
** Prakrit: 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕 (agga)
*** 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀮 (aggala)
**** Old Gujarati: आगलि (ā̃gali)
***** Gujarati: આગળ (āgaḷ)
*** *𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕-𑀮-𑀅 (*agga-la-a)
**** Old Marathi:
***** Marathi: आगळे (āgḷe)
*** 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀑 (aggāo), 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀤𑁄 (aggādo) (ablative singular)
**** Gujarati: અગાઉ (agāu)
**** Hindi: अगाऊ (agāū)
**** Old Marathi:
    Modi script: 𑘀𑘑𑘰𑘪 (aghāva), 𑘁𑘑𑘰𑘌 (āghāo), 𑘁𑘑𑘰𑘪 (āghāva)
    Devanagari script: अघाव (aghāva), आघाओ (āghāo), आघाव (āghāva)
***** Marathi: आगाऊ (āgāū)
**** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਗਾਊਂ (agāū̃)
    Shahmukhi script: اگاؤں
* Pali: agga
** → Burmese: အဂ္ဂ (agga.)
** → Khmer: អគ្គ (ʼakkĕəʼ)
* Assamese: আগ (ag)
* → Malay: agar / اݢر
** Indonesian: agar
* → Old Javanese: agra, arga
** Javanese: ꦲꦒꦿ (agra)
** Javanese: ꦲꦂꦒ (arga), ꦄꦂꦒ (Arga)
*** → Indonesian: argo
*** → Indonesian: Arga, Argo
* → Romani: angla
* → Telugu: అగ్రము (agramu)
* → Tocharian B: agrakulike

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अग्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 6, column 2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 45
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 18
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ágra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 4