aṅku > aṅká in other East Indo-European Languages (23)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word aṅká means “hook; hip where children are carried; curved line, mark, and sign.” It is derived from the root añc. He also provides the cognates of aṅká in other East Indo-European languages and dialect:
Pali aṅka-; Prakrit aṁka-; Dameli aṅkhá; Gawar-Bati háṅko; Bhashkarīk ēṅg; Tōrwalī ǟᵉṅg; Phalūṛa ā́ṅgu; Kashmiri ang; Sindhī aṅgu; Lahndā and Panjābī aṅg; Kumaunī ã̄k; Assamese and Bengali ã̄k; Bhojpurī, Awadhī, and Lakhīmpurī (dialect of Awadhī) ã̄k; Hindi ã̄k, ã̄kh; Gujarāti ã̄k (digit), ã̄kɔ; Marāthī ã̄k, ã̄khī; Koṅkaṇī ã̄k; Sindhī aka, äkaya.
All these cognates and the following words related to aṅká originate from the Tamil root aṅku.
*aṅkakāra, act of marking. aṅkana, marking; branding. aṅkapāli-, aṅkapālikā, embrace. aṅkáyati, marks, brands. *aṅkākāra-, see *aṅkakāra-. *aṅkāśrita, attached to a hook. aṅkita, marked, branded. *aṅku, hook. aṅkuṭa, instrument for moving the bolt or bar of a door. aṅkurá, hooked. aṅkuśá, hook, driver’s hook. *udaṅkākāra, curviform. *kaṭāṅka, bracelet. *graiviyāṅka, necklace. *pañcāṅka, the figure 5. tryaṅgaṭa-, three strings suspended from either end of a carrying pole. śaśāṅka, moon. *añca, curve. áñcati, bends. añcana, bending. añcala, border or end of a garment.