# आणि
## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi अणि (aṇi), अनि (ani), अणिक (aṇika), अनिक (anika), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡 (aṇṇa), from Sanskrit अन्यच् (anyac) + च (ca). Cognate to Gujarati અને (ane) and Nepali अनि (ani).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ɳi/, [a.ɳiː]

### Conjunction

आणि • (āṇi)
* and
    Synonyms: अन् (an), नि (ni), व (va) (literary)

#### Usage notes

This word is an exception to the orthographic rule that word-final /i/ and /u/ in native (non-borrowed) words are always long.

### References

* ↑ Raeside, Ian Matthew Paton, Nemade, Bhalchandra Vanaji (1991) Marathi Reading Course, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, page 16

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “आणि”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आणि”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “आणि,_आण्,_आन्(अन्)-न-नि”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “anyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* আণি (Assamese script)
* ᬆᬡᬶ (Balinese script)
* আণি (Bengali script)
* 𑰁𑰜𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀆𑀡𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* အာဏိ (Burmese script)
* આણિ (Gujarati script)
* ਆਣਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌆𑌣𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦴꦟꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂄𑂝𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಆಣಿ (Kannada script)
* អាណិ (Khmer script)
* ອາຓິ (Lao script)
* ആണി (Malayalam script)
* ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘁𑘜𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢗᢏᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦡𑦼𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐁𑐞𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଆଣି (Odia script)
* ꢃꢠꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆄𑆟𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖁𑖜𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ආණි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩛𑩪𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚁𑚘𑚮 (Takri script)
* ஆணி (Tamil script)
* ఆణి (Telugu script)
* อาณิ (Thai script)
* ཨཱ་ཎི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒂𑒝𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨊𑨘𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HaHḷṇís (with Fortunatov's law), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *Héh₃l-(e)n-is. Compare Latin ulna. Burrow considers the "linchpin" or "axle" meanings to be separate, for which compare अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle or of a sharp stake”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑː.ɳí/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɑː.ɳi/

### Noun

आणि • (āṇí) stem, m or f
* (anatomy) the part of the leg just above the knee
** c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
* the corner of a house
* a boundary limit
* the edge of a sword
* the pin of the axle of a cart
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
* a linchpin

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Later Sanskrit
* ³Brāhmaṇas

#### Descendants

* Pali: āṇi m
* Prakrit:
** Central Indo-Aryan:
*** Hindi: आन f (ān, “boundary”)
** Eastern Indo-Aryan:
*** Bengali: আনি (ani)
*** Odia: ଆଣି (āṇi)
* → Malayalam: ആണി (āṇi)
* → Tamil: ஆணி (āṇi)
* → Telugu: ఆణి (āṇi)

### References

* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आणि”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Burrow, Thomas (1972) “A Reconsideration of Fortunatov's Law”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London‎, volume 35, number 3, pages 531–545