अन्

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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

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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, 3 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अन् (2 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
Secondary Forms
Non-Finite Forms
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”)
Prefixed Root Forms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 24, column 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) “ANI”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 72
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