आनन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आनन (ānana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.nən/, [äː.nɐ̃n]

Noun

आनन • (ānan) m (Urdu spelling آنن)

1. (anatomy, rare) mouth, face

   Synonyms: मुँह (mũh), चेहरा (cehrā)

Declension

Declension of आनन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आनन ānan	आनन ānan
oblique	आनन ānan	आननों ānanõ
vocative	आनन ānan	आननो ānano

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “आनन”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आनन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আনন (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬦᬦ (Balinese script)
• আনন (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰡𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀦𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• အာနန (Burmese script)
• આનન (Gujarati script)
• ਆਨਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌨𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦤꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂢𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಆನನ (Kannada script)
• អានន (Khmer script)
• ອານນ (Lao script)
• ആനന (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘡𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠨᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧁𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐣𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଆନନ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢥꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆤𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖡𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ආනන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩯𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚝𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஆநந (Tamil script)
• ఆనన (Telugu script)
• อานน (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ན་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒢𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨝𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अन् (an), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind, breeze”), Latin animus (“life force”), Old Armenian հողմ (hołm, “wind”), Tocharian B āñme, Old English anda (“zeal, anger”), Old Irish anál (“breath”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.nɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.n̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

आनन • (ānana) stem, n

1. the mouth
2. the face

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of आनन (ānana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आननम् ānanam	आनने ānane	आननानि / आनना¹ ānanāni / ānanā¹
Vocative	आनन ānana	आनने ānane	आननानि / आनना¹ ānanāni / ānanā¹
Accusative	आननम् ānanam	आनने ānane	आननानि / आनना¹ ānanāni / ānanā¹
Instrumental	आननेन ānanena	आननाभ्याम् ānanābhyām	आननैः / आननेभिः¹ ānanaiḥ / ānanebhiḥ¹
Dative	आननाय ānanāya	आननाभ्याम् ānanābhyām	आननेभ्यः ānanebhyaḥ
Ablative	आननात् ānanāt	आननाभ्याम् ānanābhyām	आननेभ्यः ānanebhyaḥ
Genitive	आननस्य ānanasya	आननयोः ānanayoḥ	आननानाम् ānanānām
Locative	आनने ānane	आननयोः ānanayoḥ	आननेषु ānaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• आन (āná)

Descendants

• Pali: ānana
• Hindi: आनन (ānan)
• → Tamil: ஆனனம் (āṉaṉam)
• → Telugu: ఆననము (ānanamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आनन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 139, column 3.