अ-
Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- अन- (an-) — before vowels
Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-). Doublet of अन- (an-).
Pronunciation
[edit]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 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]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Compare Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-).[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]- अन्- (an-, before vowels)
Prefix
[edit]अ- • (a-)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Ashokan Prakrit:
- → Hindustani:
- → Marathi: अ- (a-)
- → Nepali: अ- (a-), अन- (an-)
- → Odia: ଅ- (a-)
- → Tamil: அ- (a-), அன்- (aṉ-) — before vowels
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Há-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-. Cognate to Phrygian ε- (e-), Ancient Greek ἐ- (e-).[2]
Prefix
[edit]अ- • (á-)
- Used in the formation of imperfect, aorist and conditional tenses
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “a-1”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 35
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “a-2”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 35
Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “अ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1, column 1.
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- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *né
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- Hindi doublets
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- Hindi lemmas
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- Marathi prefixes in Balbodh script
- Nepali terms inherited from Sanskrit
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- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *né
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sanskrit lemmas
- Sanskrit prefixes
- Sanskrit prefixes in Devanagari script
- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan