[ā̃cal], m. a border, hem, region, district.
[◀MIA: Pk. aṁcala- m. ‘hem of a garment’ ◀OIA añcala- m.n. ‘border or end of a garment’ Pañcat. <√añc ‘bend’ ◀PIE *ank-, ang- ‘to bend, bow’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. angle, ankle ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. anchor ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0089; (Turner, 1966) 168, p.9; (MW, 1899) 0011, 0010; (Pokorny, 1959) 0045; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 3.007, 1.052
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