انا

See also: إنا, أنا, and آنا

Arabic

Pronoun

انا • (ʾanā) m or f

1. Alternative spelling of أَنَا (ʔanā)

Egyptian Arabic

Pronoun

انا • (ana) m or f

1. Alternative spelling of أنا

Malay

Alternative forms

• ana

Etymology

From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ˀanāku.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /anə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ana/
• Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

Pronoun

انا (Rumi spelling ana)

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

See also

Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya / ساي aku/ku- / اکو / كو- (informal/towards God) -ku / -كو (informal possessive) hamba / همبا (dated)	kami / کامي (exclusive) kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive)
	royal	beta / بيتا
2nd person	standard	kamu / کامو anda / اندا (formal)
		engkau/kau- / اڠکاو/ كاو- (informal/towards God) awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger) -mu / -مو (possessive)	awak semua / اوق سموا kamu semua / كامو سموا kalian / کالين (informal) kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal)
	royal	tuanku / توانكو
3rd person	standard	dia / دي ia / اي beliau / بلياو (honorific) -nya / -ڽ (possessive)	mereka / مريک dia orang / دي اورڠ (informal)
	royal	baginda / بݢيندا

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• آنه

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ana, *eńe (“mother”).

Noun

انا • (ana)

1. mother

   Synonyms: مادر (mader), والده (vâlide)

Related terms

• بابا (baba, “father”)

Descendants

• Turkish: ana, anne

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “انا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 205

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈnɑ/

Noun

انا • (anā́) f

1. grandmother

Declension

declension of انا

	singular		plural
direct	انا (anā)		اناګانې اناوې (anāgā́ne anāwe)
oblique	انا (anā)		اناګانو اناوو (anāgā́no anāwo)
vocative	انا (anā)		اناګانو اناوو (anāgā́no anāwo)

Synonyms

• نيا

South Levantine Arabic

Pronoun

انا • (ʔana) m or f

1. Alternative spelling of أنا

Tunisian Arabic

Pronoun

آنَا (ʔāna) m or f

1. I