अ-
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Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- अन- (an-) — before vowels
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Prefix
[edit]अ- • (a-)
Usage notes
[edit]This form is used before words that begin with consonants.
Derived terms
[edit]Marathi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- अन- (an-) (before vowels)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit अ- (a-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Prefix
[edit]अ- • (a-)
Usage notes
[edit]This form is used before words that begin with consonants.
Derived terms
[edit]Nepali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- अन- (an-) (before vowels)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit अ- (a-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]अ- • (a-)
Usage notes
[edit]This form is used before words that begin with consonants.
Derived terms
[edit]Category Nepali terms prefixed with अ- not found
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- अन्- (an-, before vowels)
Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- অ- (Assamese script)
- ᬅ- (Balinese script)
- অ- (Bengali script)
- 𑰀- (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅- (Brahmi script)
- အ- (Burmese script)
- અ- (Gujarati script)
- ਅ- (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅- (Grantha script)
- ꦄ- (Javanese script)
- 𑂃- (Kaithi script)
- ಅ- (Kannada script)
- អ- (Khmer script)
- ອ- (Lao script)
- അ- (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀- (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠊ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠- (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀- (Newa script)
- ଅ- (Odia script)
- ꢂ- (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃- (Sharada script)
- 𑖀- (Siddham script)
- අ- (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐- (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀- (Takri script)
- அ- (Tamil script)
- అ- (Telugu script)
- อ- (Thai script)
- ཨ- (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁- (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀- (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ/
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Compare Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-).
Prefix
[edit]अ- • (a-)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Há-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é (“and then”). Cognate to Phrygian ε- (e-), Ancient Greek ἐ- (e-).
Prefix
[edit]अ- • (a-)
- Used in the formation of imperfect, aorist and conditional tenses.
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “अ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001.
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- Sanskrit lemmas
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- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan