आणि

See also: अणु and अणू

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi अणि (aṇi), अनि (ani), अणिक (aṇika), अनिक (anika), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡 (aṇṇa), from Sanskrit अन्यच् (anyac) + च (ca). Cognate to Gujarati અને (ane) and Nepali अनि (ani).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɳi/, [a.ɳiː]

Conjunction

आणि • (āṇi)

1. and

   Synonyms: अन् (an), नि (ni), व (va) (literary)

Usage notes

This word is an exception to the orthographic rule that word-final /i/ and /u/ in native (non-borrowed) words are always long.

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “आणि”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आणि”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “आणि,_आण्,_आन्(अन्)-न-नि”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “anyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আণি (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬡᬶ (Balinese script)
• আণি (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰜𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀡𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အာဏိ (Burmese script)
• આણિ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਣਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌣𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦟꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂝𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಣಿ (Kannada script)
• អាណិ (Khmer script)
• ອາຓິ (Lao script)
• ആണി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘜𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢏᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦼𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐞𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଆଣି (Odia script)
• ꢃꢠꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆟𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖜𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ආණි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩪𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚘𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஆணி (Tamil script)
• ఆణి (Telugu script)
• อาณิ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཎི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒝𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨘𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɳi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɳi/

Noun

आणि • (āṇi) stem, m

1. the pin of the axle of a cart (Rv.)
2. the part of the leg just above the knee (Śuśr.)
3. the corner of a house
4. a boundary limit
5. the edge of a sword

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ആണി (āṇi)
• → Tamil: ஆணி (āṇi)
• → Telugu: ఆణి (āṇi)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आणि”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan