अ-
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
- अन- (an-) — before vowels
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Prefix edit
अ- • (a-)
Usage notes edit
This form is used before words that begin with consonants.
Derived terms edit
Marathi edit
Alternative forms edit
- अन- (an-) (before vowels)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit अ- (a-).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Prefix edit
अ- • (a-)
Usage notes edit
This form is used before words that begin with consonants.
Derived terms edit
Nepali edit
Alternative forms edit
- अन- (an-) (before vowels)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit अ- (a-).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
अ- • (a-)
Usage notes edit
This form is used before words that begin with consonants.
Derived terms edit
Category Nepali terms prefixed with अ- not found
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
- अन्- (an-, before vowels)
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- অ- (Assamese script)
- ᬅ- (Balinese script)
- অ- (Bengali script)
- 𑰀- (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅- (Brahmi script)
- အ- (Burmese script)
- અ- (Gujarati script)
- ਅ- (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅- (Grantha script)
- ꦄ- (Javanese script)
- 𑂃- (Kaithi script)
- ಅ- (Kannada script)
- អ- (Khmer script)
- ອ- (Lao script)
- അ- (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀- (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠊ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠- (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀- (Newa script)
- ଅ- (Odia script)
- ꢂ- (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃- (Sharada script)
- 𑖀- (Siddham script)
- අ- (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐- (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀- (Takri script)
- அ- (Tamil script)
- అ- (Telugu script)
- อ- (Thai script)
- ཨ- (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁- (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀- (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Compare Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-).
Prefix edit
अ- • (a-)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Há-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é (“and then”). Cognate to Phrygian ε- (e-), Ancient Greek ἐ- (e-).
Prefix edit
अ- • (a-)
- Used in the formation of imperfect, aorist and conditional tenses.
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “अ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001.