अन्

See also: अन, अनै, अनि, and अन-

Marathi

Etymology

Shortened form of आणि (āṇi) ?

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ən/

Conjunction

अन् • (an)

1. and

   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)

1. to breathe, respire, gasp

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अन्‎ (0 c, 3 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”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 24/1.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 72