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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- অনন (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬦᬦ (Balinese script)
- অনন (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰡𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀦𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- အနန (Burmese script)
- અનન (Gujarati script)
- ਅਨਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌨𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦤꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂢𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಅನನ (Kannada script)
- អនន (Khmer script)
- ອນນ (Lao script)
- അനന (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘡𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧁𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐣𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଅନନ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢥꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆤𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖡𑖡 (Siddham script)
- අනන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩯𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚝𑚝 (Takri script)
- அநந (Tamil script)
- అనన (Telugu script)
- อนน (Thai script)
- ཨ་ན་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒢𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨝𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root अन् (an), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Cognate with Latin animus.
Pronunciation
Noun
अनन • (ánana) stem, n
- breathing, living
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अनन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 24.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “anana”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.