# अन्त
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ənt̪/, [ɐ̃n̪t̪]

### Noun

अन्त • (ant) m
* Alternative spelling of अंत (ant)

#### Declension
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* anta (Latin script)
* 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* অন্ত (Bengali script)
* අන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* အန္တ or ဢၼ္တ or ဢၼ်တ (Burmese script)
* อนฺต or อันตะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ອນ຺ຕ or ອັນຕະ (Lao script)
* អន្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Noun

अन्त m or n
* Devanagari script form of anta (“end”)
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:तत्थ अक्खरेसु अकारादीसु ओदन्ता अत्थ सरा नाम होन्ति।Tattha akkharesu akārādīsu odantā aṭṭha sarā nāma honti.There amongst the letters are eight vowels, namely starting with 'a' and ending with 'o'

#### Declension
### Noun

अन्त n
* Devanagari script form of anta (“intestine”)

#### Declension
### Adjective

अन्त
* Devanagari script form of anta (“extreme”)
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 285; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:गमु इच्चेदस्स धातुस्स अन्तो मकारो च्छो होति वा सब्बासु पच्चयविभत्तीसु।Gamu[ ]iccetassa dhātussa anto makāro ccho hoti vā sabbāsu paccayavibhattīsu.The final m of the root gamu is optionally changed into cch, if any suffix or verbal termination follows:
* Devanagari script form of anta (“interior”)

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

* অন্ত (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬦ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
* অন্ত (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰡𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* အန္တ (Burmese script)
* અન્ત (Gujarati script)
* ਅਨ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦤ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂢𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
* ಅನ್ತ (Kannada script)
* អន្ត (Khmer script)
* ອນ຺ຕ (Lao script)
* അന്ത (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠨᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘡𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧁𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐣𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
* ଅନ୍ତ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢥ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆤𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖡𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
* අන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩯 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚝𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
* அந்த (Tamil script)
* అన్త (Telugu script)
* อนฺต (Thai script)
* ཨ་ནྟ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒢𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨝𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hántas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ént-o-s (“forehead; front; edge”), from *h₂ent-. Cognate with English end.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́n.tɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐn̪.t̪ɐ/

### Noun

अन्त॑ • (ánta) stem, m
* end, conclusion, termination
* limit, boundary
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.5:इ॒मा गावः॑ सरमे॒ या ऐच्छः॒ परि॑ दि॒वो अन्ता॑न्त्सुभगे॒ पत॑न्ती । कस्त॑ एना॒ अव॑ सृजा॒दयु॑ध्व्यु॒तास्माक॒मायु॑धा सन्ति ति॒ग्मा ॥imā́ gā́vaḥ sarame yā́ aícchaḥ pári divó ántāntsubhage pátantī. kásta enā áva sṛjādáyudhvyutā́smā́kamā́yudhā santi tigmā́.These are the kine which, Saramā, thou seekest, flying, O Blest One, to the ends of heaven. Who will loose these for thee without a battle? Yea, and sharp-pointed are our war-like weapons.
* border, edge, precinct
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* अन्तकर (antakara)
* अन्तकरण (antakaraṇa)
* अन्तकारिन् (antakārin)
* अन्तकाल (antakāla)
* अन्तकृत् (antakṛt)
* अन्तकृद्दशा (antakṛddaśā)
* अन्तग (antaga)
* अन्तगत (antagata)
* अन्तगति (antagati)
* अन्तगमन (antagamana)
* अन्तगामिन् (antagāmin)
* अन्तचर (antacara)
* अन्तज (antaja)
* अन्तजाति (antajāti)
* अन्तदीपक (antadīpaka)
* अन्तपाल (antapāla)
* अन्तभव (antabhava)
* अन्तभाज् (antabhāj)
* अन्तरत (antarata)
* अन्तलीन (antalīna)
* अन्तलोप (antalopa)
* अन्तवत् (antavat)
* अन्तवह्नि (antavahni)
* अन्तवासिन् (antavāsin)
* अन्तवेला (antavelā)
* अन्तशय्या (antaśayyā)
* अन्तसत्क्रिया (antasatkriyā)
* अन्तसद् (antasad)
* अन्तस्थ (antastha)
* अन्तस्वरित (antasvarita)
* अन्तादि (antādi)
* अन्तावसायिन् (antāvasāyin)
* अन्तिक (antika)
* अन्तिम (antima)
* अन्तेवसायन् (antevasāyan)
* अन्तेवास (antevāsa)
* अन्तेवासिन् (antevāsin)
* अन्तोदात्त (antodātta)
* अन्त्य॑ (ántya, “located at the end”)
* अन्त॑क (ántaka, “death”)
* अ॒न्त॒तस्॑ (antatás)
* अ॒न्त॒म (antamá, “last”)
* अ॒न॒न्त (anantá, “endless”)

#### Related terms

* अन्ति॑ (ánti)

#### Descendants

* Pali: anta
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀢 (aṃta)
** Eastern Indo-Aryan:
*** Assamese: আঁত (ãt)

##### Borrowed terms

* → Assamese: অন্ত (onto)
* → Bengali: অন্ত (onto)
* → Hindi: अंत (ant)
* → Kannada: ಅಂತ್ಯ (antya)
* → Malayalam: അന്തം (antaṁ)
* → Marathi: अंत (anta)
* → Nepali: अन्त (anta)
* → Odia: ଅନ୍ତ (anta)
* → Old Gujarati: अंत (aṃta)
* Pali: anta
** Khmer: អន្តៈ (ʼɑntaʼ)
* → Punjabi: ਅੰਤ (anta)
* → Sindhi: اَنتِ
* → Tamil: அந்தம் (antam)
* → Telugu: అంతము (antamu)

### Adjective

अन्त॑ • (ánta) stem
* near
* last
* handsome, lovely
* lowest, worst
* youngest

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “ánta-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 75
* ↑ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ánta-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 34-35
* 1 2 Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अन्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “अन्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 42, column 3.
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ánta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 16