# एन
## Khaling
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronoun

एन (en) (plural)
* you

### References

* “एन”, in खालिङ - नेपाली - अङ्‍ग्रेजी शब्दकोश (Khaling - Nepali - English Dictionary), Nepal: SIL International, 2016.

## Kurukh
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yĀn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːn/

### Pronoun

एन (ēn)
* I (first person singular personal pronoun)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* ena (Latin script)
* 𑀏𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* এন (Bengali script)
* එන (Sinhalese script)
* ဧန or ဨန or ဢေၼ (Burmese script)
* เอน or เอนะ (Thai script)
* ᩑᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ເອນ or ເອນະ (Lao script)
* ឯន (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

एन
* Devanagari script form of ena (“this”)

#### Declension
### Pronoun

एन m
* Devanagari script form of ena (“this”)

#### Declension
### Pronoun

एन n
* Devanagari script form of ena (“this”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* এন (Assamese script)
* ᬏᬦ (Balinese script)
* এন (Bengali script)
* 𑰊𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀏𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ဧန (Burmese script)
* એન (Gujarati script)
* ਏਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌏𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦌꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂉𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಏನ (Kannada script)
* ឯន (Khmer script)
* ເອນ (Lao script)
* ഏന (Malayalam script)
* ᡝᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘊𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠧᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦪𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐊𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଏନ (Odia script)
* ꢍꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆍𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖊𑖡 (Siddham script)
* එන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩔𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚆𑚝 (Takri script)
* ஏந (Tamil script)
* ఏన (Telugu script)
* เอน (Thai script)
* ཨེ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒋𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨄𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Uncertain. Most likely formed within Indo-Aryan, as there are no Indo-Iranian cognates. The traditional derivation from Proto-Indo-European *óynos, i.e. from indefinite numeral one to definite, anaphoric he, is semantically unlikely.
More probable is a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *éy, just like अयम् (ayám), एष (eṣá)/एतद् (etát), and the distal deictic particle *énοs, which is also contained in pronouns in other languages, like Hittite [script needed] (anniš, “that”), Ancient Greek ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos, “that”), Icelandic hann (“he”), and English yon.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐj.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈeː.n̪ɐ/

### Pronoun

एन • (ena)
* third-person pronominal base meaning this; that; he; she; it (only found enclitically in a limited number of cases and numbers)

#### Usage notes

This pronoun is usually enclitic and should not begin a sentence. It is also only found in a limited number of cases. For other cases, अयम् m (ayam), इयम् f (iyam), and इदम् n (idam) may be used, respectively.

#### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 268
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “एन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232, column 1.
* ↑ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, pages 370-71