अन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

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”)

Root

अन् • (an)

  1. to breathe

Derived terms

  • अन (aná, “breath, respiration”)
  • अनति (ánati, “he breathes”)
  • अनन (ánana, “breathing, living”)
  • अनिति (ániti, “he breathes”)
  • अनिल (ánila, “air, wind”)
  • आन (āná, “exhaling through the nose; mouth; face”)
  • आनन (ānana, “mouth; face”)

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 24
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
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