आना

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.nɑː/, [äː.n̪äː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀺 (āvedi), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati, cause to reach), from the root आप् (āp, reach). Cognate with Nepali आउनु (āunu).[1]

The perfective form आया (āyā) is from Sanskrit आगतक (āgataka), from आगत (āgata) + -क (-ka), the first element a participle from the root आगम् (āgam, arrive).[2]

Verb

आना (ānā) (Urdu spelling آنا)

  1. to come
    मैं अभी आता हूँma͠i abhī ātā hū̃.I'll come right now.
  2. to have knowledge of a language; to be fluent
    मुझे (थोड़ी) हिंदी आती हैmujhe (thoṛī) hindī ātī hai.I know (a little) Hindi. (literally, “Hindi comes to me.”)
Conjugation
Antonyms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

Noun

आना (ānā) m (Urdu spelling آنا)

  1. an anna (116 of an Indian rupee)
  2. (by extension) one sixteenth of any item
Declension

References

  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), āpayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 36
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