# अन्न
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्न (ánna).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ənn/, [ɐ̃n(ː)]

### Noun

अन्न • (ann) m (Urdu spelling انّ)
* food, nourishment
* grain
    Synonym: अनाज (anāj)
* anna (unit of currency in British India)

#### Descendants

* → Burmese: ပဲ (pai:) (semantic loan)
* → English: anna

### Further reading

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अन्न”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Maithili
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ənnᵊ]

### Noun

अन्न • (anna) (Tirhuta 𑒁𑒢𑓂𑒢)
* grain

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ən.nə/

### Noun

अन्न • (anna) n
* food (formal)

#### Derived terms

* अन्नपुरवठा (annapuravṭhā, “food supply”)
* अन्नसाखळी (annasākhḷī, “food chain”)
* अन्नसुरक्षा (annasurakṣā, “food security”)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “अन्न”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* 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

* अंन (aṃna)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्य (anyá).

### Adjective

अन्न • (anna)
* other, second

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* anna (Latin script)
* 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* অন্ন (Bengali script)
* අන‍්න (Sinhalese script)
* အန္န or ဢၼ္ၼ or ဢၼ်ၼ (Burmese script)
* อนฺน or อันนะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨶ᩠ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ອນ຺ນ or ອັນນະ (Lao script)
* អន្ន (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄚𑄴𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Noun

अन्न n
* Devanagari script form of anna (“food”)

#### Declension
### Noun

अन्न (anna)
* Devanagari script form of anna, which is vocative singular of अन्ना (annā, “mummy”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অন্ন (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬦ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
* অন্ন (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰡𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* အန္န (Burmese script)
* અન્ન (Gujarati script)
* ਅਨ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦤ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂢𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ಅನ್ನ (Kannada script)
* អន្ន (Khmer script)
* ອນ຺ນ (Lao script)
* അന്ന (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠨᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘡𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠨᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧁𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐣𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
* ଅନ୍ନ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢥ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆤𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖡𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
* අන‍්න (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩯 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚝𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
* அந்ந (Tamil script)
* అన్న (Telugu script)
* อนฺน (Thai script)
* ཨ་ནྣ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒢𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨝𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ₔd-nó-s (“eaten”), from *h₁ed- (“to eat”). The sense "food, rice" is a nominal derivation from the adjective. See the root अद् (ad, “to eat”) for more.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́n.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐn̪.n̪ɐ/

### Noun

अन्न • (ánna) stem, n
* food, victuals
** (especially) boiled rice
** bread corn
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

#### Derived terms

* अन्नदान (annadāna)
* अन्नपूर्णा (annapūrṇā)
* अन्नप्राश (annaprāśa)
* क्षीरान्न (kṣīrānna)

### Adjective

अन्न • (anna)
* eaten

#### Descendants

* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡 (aṇṇa)
* Bengali: অন্ন (onno)
* → Marathi: अन्न (anna)
* Pali: anna
* Punjabi: ਅੰਨ (anna)
* → Kannada: ಅನ್ನ (anna)
* → Tamil: அன்னம் (aṉṉam)
* → Telugu: అన్నము (annamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अन्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 45/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 79-80