# ܐܢܐ
## Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
### Etymology 1

* From Aramaic אֲנָא (ʾănā) with a lengthening of the first syllable, possible influence to and from Gulf Arabic آنَا (āna) or Iraqi Arabic آني (āni), but compare Turoyo ܐܳܢܐ (ono), hinting at a historical long /ā/. In other cases, a short initial /a/ without doubling afterwards where it usually would happen has let to it elongating, such as many dialects’ realization of ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ (/ʾalāhā/) as /ʾālāhā/.
* Otherwise from the variant form Aramaic אנא (ʾĕnā) whose pronunciation is seen in Classical Syriac ܐܸܢܵܐ (ʾĕnā) and reflected still in the dialectal Turoyo form Turoyo ܐܷܢܐ (ëno). A shift from a short initial /ʾĕ/ without doubling afterwards where it would usually happen has led to its shift into /ʾă/, again seen in Aramaic אֱלָהָא (ʾĕlāhā) into ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ (ʾălāhā).
Ultimately from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku; compare Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā), Hebrew אֲנִי (aní) and Akkadian 𒀀𒈾𒆪 (anāku).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard) IPA: [ʔɑːnɑː]

#### Pronoun

ܐܵܢܵܐ • (ānā) sg (plural ܐܲܚܢܲܢ (aḥnan))
* (personal) I
* (intensive) I myself

##### See also
### Etymology 2

Possibly from ܐܵܗܵܐ (aha) + ܐܵܢܝܼ (anī).

#### Pronunciation

* (Urmia) IPA: [ʔan.ne.]

#### Pronoun

ܐܲܢܹܐ or ܐܲܢܲܝ̈ • (annē or annay) c (singular ܐܵܗܵܐ (āhā))
* (dialectal) Alternative form of ܗܵܠܹܝܢ (hālēn, “these”)

##### Usage notes

* In the Iraqi Koine, this is the most common spelling in vocalised texts. ܐܲܢܲܝ̈ (annay) is more common in unvocalised texts.

## Classical Syriac
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku. Compare Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā), Hebrew אֲנִי (ʾănî).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔɛ̆nɑ]

#### Pronoun

ܐܢܐ • (ʾĕnā) c (plural ܚܢܢ or ܐܢܚܢܢ)
* (personal) I
* (intensive) I myself

### Etymology 2

Modified from above, with the initial consonant and vowel quiescing.

#### Alternative forms

* ܢܐ-

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [-nɑ]

#### Pronoun

ܐܢܐ • (-nā) c (plural ܚܢܢ)
* an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject; I am

##### Usage notes

Usually, the form ܐܢܐ (ʾĕnā) is written separately from the word it follows while the alternative form ܢܐ- (-nā) is written together with the word it follows.

##### See also

* ܐܝܬܝ

### References

* “ˀnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-06-16
* Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 12b
* Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 21a
* Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 58b

## Turoyo
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔono/
** (Midyat) IPA: /ʔəno/

#### Pronoun

ܐܳܢܳܐ • (ono)
* (personal) I
* (intensive) I myself

##### See also
### Etymology 2

Modified from above.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /no/

#### Pronoun

ܐܢܳܐ • (no)
* an enclitic used as a copula for a first-person singular subject: I am
    Alternative form: -ܢܳܐ (-no)