آنا

• انا
• أنا
• آنه

From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā), but with an irregular development that points to expressive lengthening of the first syllable (*ʾānā), followed by reduction of final long vowel (compare Maltese jien, Egyptian Arabic انا (ána), Tunisian Arabic آنا (ʔānā)). Eventually from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku.

آنَا • (āna) m or f

1. I

• أنا (ʔana)

From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

• IPA^(key): /ʔaː.na/

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آنا • (ʔāna) m or f

1. I (first person singular subject pronoun)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀺 (āvedi), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpáyati, “cause to reach”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hāpáyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hāpáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁op-éye-ti.

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /äː.ɳäː/
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /äːʊ̯.ɳäː/

آݨا • (āṇā) (intransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਆਉਣਾ)

1. to come
2. to arrive, reach (a location)
3. (auxiliary):
   1. to know; be skilled (ie. in a language; trade; profession etc.)
   2. to become; be apparent

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “آون”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “آنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਆਉਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āpayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Inherited from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍa). Doublet of انڈا.

• IPA^(key): /aː.naː/

آنا (ānā) m

1. egg

   Synonym: انڈا

2. eyeball

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂𑀇 (āvei), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati), from आप् (āp) + -अयति (-ayati).

The perfective form آیا (āyā) may be derived from Sanskrit आगत (ā́gata, “arrived”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.nɑː/

آنا • (ānā) (Hindi spelling आना)

1. to come, to arrive

   Antonym: جانا (jānā)

2. to know