अन्

See also: अन, अनै, अनि, and अन-

Marathi

Etymology

Shortened form of आणि (āṇi) ?

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən/

Conjunction

अन् • (an)

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Synonyms: आणि (āṇi), नि (ni), व (va)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অন্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
অন্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အန် (Burmese script)
અન્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅೝ (Kannada script)
អន៑ (Khmer script)
ອນ຺ (Lao script)
അന് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
අන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
அந் (Tamil script)
అౝ (Telugu script)
อนฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind, breeze”), Latin animus (“life force”), Old Armenian հողմ (hołm, “wind”), Tocharian B āñme, Old English anda (“zeal, anger”), English anime, Old Irish anál (“breath”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐn/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐn̪/

Root

अन् • (an)

to breathe, respire, gasp

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अन् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अन् (2 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

अनिति (ániti) (Present)
अनति (ánati) (Present)
अनिष्यति (aniṣyáti) (Future)
अनिता (anitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
आनीत् (ā́nīt) (Aorist)
आन (ā́na) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

आनयति (ānáyati) (Causative)
अनिनिषति (aniniṣati) (Desiderative)

Non-Finite Forms

अनित (anitá) (Past Participle)
अनितुम् (anitum) (Infinitive)
अन्य (anya) (Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

अन (aná, “breath, respiration”)
अनन (ánana, “breathing, living”)
अनिल (ánila, “air, wind”)
आन (āná, “exhaling through the nose; mouth; face”)
आनन (ānana, “mouth; face”)

Prefixed Root Forms

अपान् (apān)
अवान् (avān)
उदन् (udan)
प्राण् (prāṇ)
व्यन् (vyan)
समन् (saman)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 24, column 1.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3

Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “AN^I”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 72