आणि

See also: अणु and अणू

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi अणि (aṇi), अनि (ani), अणिक (aṇika), अनिक (anika), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡 (aṇṇa), from Sanskrit अन्यच् (anyac) + च (ca). Cognate to Gujarati અને (ane) and Nepali अनि (ani).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɳi/, [a.ɳiː]

Conjunction

आणि • (āṇi)

1. and

   Synonyms: अन् (an), नि (ni), व (va) (literary)

Usage notes

This word is an exception to the orthographic rule that word-final /i/ and /u/ in native (non-borrowed) words are always long.

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “आणि”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आणि”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “आणि,_आण्,_आन्(अन्)-न-नि”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “anyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আণি (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬡᬶ (Balinese script)
• আণি (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰜𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀡𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အာဏိ (Burmese script)
• આણિ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਣਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌣𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦟꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂝𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಣಿ (Kannada script)
• អាណិ (Khmer script)
• ອາຓິ (Lao script)
• ആണി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘜𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢏᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦼𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐞𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଆଣି (Odia script)
• ꢃꢠꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆟𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖜𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ආණි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩪𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚘𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஆணி (Tamil script)
• ఆణి (Telugu script)
• อาณิ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཎི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒝𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨘𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaHḷṇís (with Fortunatov's law), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *Héh₃l-(e)n-is. Compare Latin ulna. Burrow considers the "linchpin" or "axle" meanings to be separate, for which compare अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle or of a sharp stake”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɳí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɳi/

Noun

आणि • (āṇí) stem, m or f

1. (anatomy) the part of the leg just above the knee
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
2. the corner of a house
3. a boundary limit
4. the edge of a sword
5. the pin of the axle of a cart
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
6. a linchpin

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of आणि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आणिः (āṇíḥ)	आणी (āṇī́)	आणयः (āṇáyaḥ)
vocative	आणे (ā́ṇe)	आणी (ā́ṇī)	आणयः (ā́ṇayaḥ)
accusative	आणिम् (āṇím)	आणी (āṇī́)	आणीन् (āṇī́n)
instrumental	आणिना (āṇínā) आण्या¹ (āṇyā́¹)	आणिभ्याम् (āṇíbhyām)	आणिभिः (āṇíbhiḥ)
dative	आणये (āṇáye)	आणिभ्याम् (āṇíbhyām)	आणिभ्यः (āṇíbhyaḥ)
ablative	आणेः (āṇéḥ) आण्यः¹ (āṇyáḥ¹)	आणिभ्याम् (āṇíbhyām)	आणिभ्यः (āṇíbhyaḥ)
genitive	आणेः (āṇéḥ) आण्यः¹ (āṇyáḥ¹)	आण्योः (āṇyóḥ)	आणीनाम् (āṇīnā́m)
locative	आणौ (āṇaú) आणा¹ (āṇā́¹)	आण्योः (āṇyóḥ)	आणिषु (āṇíṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine i-stem declension of आणि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आणिः (āṇíḥ)	आणी (āṇī́)	आणयः (āṇáyaḥ)
vocative	आणे (ā́ṇe)	आणी (ā́ṇī)	आणयः (ā́ṇayaḥ)
accusative	आणिम् (āṇím)	आणी (āṇī́)	आणीः (āṇī́ḥ)
instrumental	आण्या (āṇyā́) आणी¹ (āṇī́¹)	आणिभ्याम् (āṇíbhyām)	आणिभिः (āṇíbhiḥ)
dative	आणये (āṇáye) आण्यै² (āṇyaí²) आणी¹ (āṇī́¹)	आणिभ्याम् (āṇíbhyām)	आणिभ्यः (āṇíbhyaḥ)
ablative	आणेः (āṇéḥ) आण्याः² (āṇyā́ḥ²) आण्यै³ (āṇyaí³)	आणिभ्याम् (āṇíbhyām)	आणिभ्यः (āṇíbhyaḥ)
genitive	आणेः (āṇéḥ) आण्याः² (āṇyā́ḥ²) आण्यै³ (āṇyaí³)	आण्योः (āṇyóḥ)	आणीनाम् (āṇīnā́m)
locative	आणौ (āṇaú) आण्याम्² (āṇyā́m²) आणा¹ (āṇā́¹)	आण्योः (āṇyóḥ)	आणिषु (āṇíṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: āṇi m
• Prakrit:
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Hindi: आन f (ān, “boundary”)
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Bengali: আনি (ani)
    • Odia: ଆଣି (āṇi)
• → Malayalam: ആണി (āṇi)
• → Tamil: ஆணி (āṇi)
• → Telugu: ఆణి (āṇi)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आणि”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Burrow, Thomas (1972) “A Reconsideration of Fortunatov's Law”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London‎^[1], volume 35, number 3, pages 531–545