अन्न

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्न (ánna).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ən.nᵊ/, [ə̃n̪.n̪ᵊ]

Noun

अन्न (anna) m (Urdu spelling انّ)

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

Declension

Descendants

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

Further reading

Maithili

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ənnᵊ]

Noun

अन्न (anna) (Tirhuta 𑒁𑒢𑓂𑒢)

  1. grain

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्न (ánna).

Noun

अन्न (anna) n

  1. food

References

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

Old Gujarati

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्य (anyá).

Adjective

अन्न (anna)

  1. other, second

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

अन्न n

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

Declension

Noun

अन्न

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-nó-s (eaten), from *h₁ed- (to eat). The sense "food, rice" is a nominal derivation from the adjective. See अत्ति (atti) for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

अन्न (ánna) n

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

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of अन्न (ánna)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अन्नम्
ánnam
अन्ने
ánne
अन्नानि / अन्ना¹
ánnāni / ánnā¹
Vocative अन्न
ánna
अन्ने
ánne
अन्नानि / अन्ना¹
ánnāni / ánnā¹
Accusative अन्नम्
ánnam
अन्ने
ánne
अन्नानि / अन्ना¹
ánnāni / ánnā¹
Instrumental अन्नेन
ánnena
अन्नाभ्याम्
ánnābhyām
अन्नैः / अन्नेभिः¹
ánnaiḥ / ánnebhiḥ¹
Dative अन्नाय
ánnāya
अन्नाभ्याम्
ánnābhyām
अन्नेभ्यः
ánnebhyaḥ
Ablative अन्नात्
ánnāt
अन्नाभ्याम्
ánnābhyām
अन्नेभ्यः
ánnebhyaḥ
Genitive अन्नस्य
ánnasya
अन्नयोः
ánnayoḥ
अन्नानाम्
ánnānām
Locative अन्ने
ánne
अन्नयोः
ánnayoḥ
अन्नेषु
ánneṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Adjective

अन्न (anna)

  1. eaten

Descendants

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