अंगूर (Hindi)
Where does "अंगूर" come from?
The Hindi word 'अंगूर' (angoor) traces its roots back to the Proto-Indo-European term *h₂eng-, which described the act of curving or bending. As it evolved through Proto-Iranian and eventually into Classical Persian, the word shifted to specifically identify the grapevine and its fruit due to the plant's twisting nature. Hindi later borrowed this term from Persian, where it remains the standard word for 'grape'.
Full etymology tree
- अंगूर (aṅgūr) (Hindi), 'grape'
- inherited انگور (angūr) (Persian), 'grape'
- inherited angūr (Middle Persian)
- inherited *angaura- (Proto-Iranian)
- derived *Hangas (Proto-Iranian)
- inherited *Hángas (Proto-Indo-Iranian)
- derived *h₂eng- (Proto-Indo-European), 'curve, bend'
- derived *h₂enk- (Proto-Indo-European), 'curve, bend'
- derived *h₂eng- (Proto-Indo-European), 'curve, bend'
- inherited *Hángas (Proto-Indo-Iranian)
- derived *Hangas (Proto-Iranian)
- inherited *angaura- (Proto-Iranian)
- inherited angūr (Middle Persian)
- inherited انگور (angūr) (Persian), 'grape'
Ancestors
- انگور (Persian)
Cognates and doublets
- আঙুৰ (Assamese)
- আঙুর (Bengali)
- અંગૂર (Gujarati)
- ᱚᱝᱜᱩᱨ (Santali)
Updated June 2026
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