अन्

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

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

Root

अन् • (an)

  1. to breathe, respire, gasp

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अन्‎ (0 c, 2 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • अनिति (ániti, Present)
  • अनति (anati, 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
  • अनितुम् (anitum, Infinitive)
  • अन्य (anya, Gerundive)
  • अनित (anitá, Past Participle)
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]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 72
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