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Hindi
- -अण (-aṇ) — in the vicinity of र (ra) and ष (ṣa)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit -अन (-ana), from Proto-Indo-European *-onom (verbal noun suffix). Doublet of -ना (-nā).
Suffix
-अन • (-an)
- forms Sanskritic nouns of either gender indicating agent nouns, abstract nouns, tool or means, or location
- पराग (parāg, “pollen”) + -अन (-an) → परागण (parāgaṇ, “pollination”)
- बरतना (baratnā, “to make use of”) + -अन (-an) → बर्तन (bartan, “pot, vessel”)
- ऐंठना (a͠iṭhnā, “to be twisted”) + -अन (-an) → ऐंठन (a͠iṭhan, “a twist, tension”)
Declension
Declension of -अन (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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-अन
-an
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-अन
-an
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| oblique
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-अन
-an
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-अनों
-anõ
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| vocative
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-अन
-an
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-अनो
-ano
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Declension of -अन (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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-अन
-an
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-अनें
-anẽ
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| oblique
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-अन
-an
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-अनों
-anõ
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| vocative
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-अन
-an
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-अनो
-ano
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Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian ـًا (-an), from Arabic ـًا (-an, triptotic indefinite accusative ending).
Suffix
-अन • (-an)
- forms adverbs from Perso-Arabic terms
- ऐहतियात (aihtiyāt, “precaution”) + -अन (-an) → ऐहतियातन (aihtiyātan, “precautionarily”)
Derived terms
Sanskrit
- -अण (-aṇa) — in the vicinity of र (ra) and ष (ṣa)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -অন (Assamese script)
- -ᬅᬦ (Balinese script)
- -অন (Bengali script)
- -𑰀𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- -𑀅𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- -အန (Burmese script)
- -અન (Gujarati script)
- -ਅਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌅𑌨 (Grantha script)
- -ꦄꦤ (Javanese script)
- -𑂃𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- -ಅನ (Kannada script)
- -អន (Khmer script)
- -ອນ (Lao script)
- -അന (Malayalam script)
- ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- -𑘀𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- -𑦠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐀𑐣 (Newa script)
- -ଅନ (Odia script)
- -ꢂꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆃𑆤 (Sharada script)
- -𑖀𑖡 (Siddham script)
- -අන (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩐𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚀𑚝 (Takri script)
- -அந (Tamil script)
- -అన (Telugu script)
- -อน (Thai script)
- -ཨ་ན (Tibetan script)
- -𑒁𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- -𑨀𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-onom, from *-o- (thematic vowel) + *-nom (verbal noun suffix). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *-aną.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-अन • (-ana) n or m
- forms masculine agent nouns
- सम् + गम् (sam + gam, “to gather”) + -अन (-ana) → संगमन (saṃgamana, “gatherer”)
- दृप् (dṛp, “to become/make proud”) + -अन (-ana) → दर्पण (darpaṇa, “mirror < proud-maker”)
- forms neuter nouns denoting
- verbal abstracta
- कृ (kṛ, “to do, make”) + -अन (-ana) → करण (karaṇa, “(act of) doing”)
- मृ (mṛ, “to die”) + -अन (-ana) → मरण (maraṇa, “death”)
- tool or means
- ईक्ष् (īkṣ, “to observe”) + -अन (-ana) → ईक्षण (īkṣaṇa, “eye”)
- वस् (vas, “to dress”) + -अन (-ana) → वसन (vasana, “garment”)
- स्कम्भ् (skambh, “to support”) + -अन (-ana) → स्कम्भन (skambhana, “pillar”)
- location
- स्था (sthā, “to stand”) + -अन (-ana) → स्थान (sthāna, “place”)
- यज् (yaj, “to sacrifice”) + -अन (-ana) → यजन (yajana, “sacrificial site”)
Usage notes
The vowel of the root generally takes the गुण (guṇa) degree, but sometimes takes the वृद्धि (vṛddhi) degree.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964) Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume II.2, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 180-206