అని
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From the past participle of అను (anu, “to say”, literally “having said, having thought, saying, thinking”).
Particle
[edit]అని • (ani)
- used as a connecting particle, often translated as "that" or "so":
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- as a marker of indirect report or command
- other usages:
- (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?
- suffixed to onomatopoeic words ~ gives adverbial force
- బుస్సుమ్ అని ― bussum ani ― hissingly (of snakes)
- (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.
- (with infinitive) to want
References
[edit]- "అని" in J. P. L. Gwynn (1991) A Telugu-English dictionary, Oxford University Press, page {{{1}}}
- "అని" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, pages 51, 52
- Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Dravidians: prehistory and culture”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 8
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “117”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 13.