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अन्न

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्न (ánna).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ənn/, [ɐ̃n(ː)]

Noun

अन्न • (ann) m (Urdu spelling انّ)

  1. food, nourishment
  2. grain
    Synonym: अनाज (anāj)
  3. anna (unit of currency in British India)

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ပဲ (pai:) (semantic loan)
  • → English: anna

Further reading

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Maithili

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

Pronunciation

Noun

अन्न • (anna) (Tirhuta 𑒁𑒢𑓂𑒢)

  1. grain

Marathi

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

Pronunciation

Noun

अन्न • (anna) n

  1. food (formal)

Declension

More information Declension of अन्न (neut cons-stem), direct singular ...
More information Genitive declension of अन्न (neut cons-stem), masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म ...

Derived terms

  • अन्नपुरवठा (annapuravṭhā, “food supply”)
  • अन्नसाखळी (annasākhḷī, “food chain”)
  • अन्नसुरक्षा (annasurakṣā, “food security”)

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “अन्न”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अन्न”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
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Old Gujarati

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्य (anyá).

Adjective

अन्न • (anna)

  1. other, second

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • anna (Latin script)
  • 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • অন্ন (Bengali script)
  • අන‍්න (Sinhalese script)
  • အန္န or ဢၼ္ၼ or ဢၼ်ၼ (Burmese script)
  • อนฺน or อันนะ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨶ᩠ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອນ຺ນ or ອັນນະ (Lao script)
  • អន្ន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄚𑄴𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

अन्न n

  1. Devanagari script form of anna (“food”)

Declension

Declension table of "अन्न" (neuter)
More information Case \ Number, Singular ...

Noun

अन्न (anna)

  1. Devanagari script form of anna, which is vocative singular of अन्ना (annā, “mummy”)
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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • অন্ন (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬦ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
  • অন্ন (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰡𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • အန္န (Burmese script)
  • અન્ન (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਨ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦤ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂢𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅನ್ನ (Kannada script)
  • អន្ន (Khmer script)
  • ອນ຺ນ (Lao script)
  • അന്ന (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᠨᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘡𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᠨᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑧁𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐣𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
  • ଅନ୍ନ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢥ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆤𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖡𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
  • අන‍්න (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩯 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚝𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
  • அந்ந (Tamil script)
  • అన్న (Telugu script)
  • อนฺน (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ནྣ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒢𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨝𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ₔd-nó-s (“eaten”), from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). The sense "food, rice" is a nominal derivation from the adjective. See the root अद् (ad, “to eat”) for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

अन्न • (ánna) stem, n

  1. food, victuals
    1. (especially) boiled rice
    2. bread corn

Declension

More information singular, dual ...
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Adjective

अन्न • (anna) stem

  1. eaten

Declension

More information singular, dual ...
  • ¹Vedic
More information singular, dual ...
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
More information singular, dual ...
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899), “अन्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 45/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 79-80
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