అని

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Telugu

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *aṇi (“army”). Cognate with Tamil அணி (aṇi, “array of an army, order, regularity, row; to put in array (as an army)”), Malayalam അണി (aṇi, “row, line of soldiers”), Kannada ಅಣಿ (aṇi, “an array, body of soldiers”).[1]

Noun

అని • (ani) n (plural అనులు)

  1. battle, war

Etymology 2

From the past participle of అను (anu, “to say”, literally “having said, having thought, saying, thinking”).

Particle

అని • (ani)

  1. used as a connecting particle, often translated as "that" or "so":
    1. as a marker of indirect report or command
      డబ్బు ఇస్తాను అని చెప్పేడు. ― ḍabbu istānu ani ceppēḍu. ― He said he would give money.
      వెంటనే బయల్దేరం అని ఆజ్ఞ వచ్చింది. ― veṇṭanē bayaldēraṁ ani ājña vaccindi. ― An order came to start immediately.
    2. to subordinate a clause to a verb expressing knowledge, thinking, fearing, etc.
      అది ఎలా చేయాలా అని దిగులు పడుతున్నాను. ― adi elā cēyālā ani digulu paḍutunnānu. ― I am worried about how I should do it.
      కన్న తల్లి మనస్సు బాధ పెట్టడం ఎందుకు అని నేను ఆ విషయాలేమీ మాట్ళాడలేదు. ― kanna talli manassu bādha peṭṭaḍaṁ enduku ani nēnu ā viṣayālēmī māṭḷāḍalēdu. ― Thinking, why should I worry my own mother, I talked of none of those things.
      పూజక్ అని తెచ్చిన బెల్లం గడ్డలను ఎఙిలి చేసేడు. ― pūjak ani teccina bellaṁ gaḍḍalanu eṅili cēsēḍu. ― He defiled the jaggery balls that had been brought for (use in) worship.
    3. to subordinate a causal clause to a main clause in which the subject is human
      ఒంటికి మంచిది కాద్ అని సిగరెట్ళు తాగడం మానేసేను. ― oṇṭiki mañcidi kād ani sigareṭḷu tāgaḍaṁ mānēsēnu. ― I gave up smoking cigarettes because it was not good for my health.
  2. other usages:
    1. (with infinitive) to want
      నాకు సినిమా చూడాల్ అని ఉంది. ― nāku sinimā cūḍāl ani undi. ― I want to see a movie.
      మీకు ఆ పని చేద్దాం అనిఉందా? ― mīku ā pani cēddāṁ aniundā? ― Do you want to do that work?
    2. suffixed to onomatopoeic words ~ gives adverbial force
      బుస్సుమ్ అని ― bussum ani ― hissingly (of snakes)
    3. (in the form అని కాదు (ani kādu)) negates a preceding clause or sentence
      అందుకని పరాయి పదాలను అన్నిటినీ నెట్టడమ్ అని కాదు. ― andukani parāyi padālanu anniṭinī neṭṭaḍam ani kādu. ― That is not to say (or that does not mean) that for that reason we should reject all foreign words.

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “117”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 13.
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