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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 *n̥- (“not, un-”) when followed by laryngeal and a vowel: that is, in an open syllable of the n̥HV- form. Compare Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-).
Pronunciation
Prefix
अन्- • (an-)
- Alternative form of अ- (a-)
Derived terms