آنا

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See also: أنا and انا

Gulf Arabic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā), but with an irregular development that points to expressive lengthening of the first syllable (*ʾānā), followed by reduction of final long vowel (compare Maltese jien, Egyptian Arabic انا (ána), Tunisian Arabic آنا (ʔānā)). Eventually from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku.

Pronoun[edit]

آنَا (ānam or f

  1. I

See also[edit]

Gulf Arabic personal pronouns
Singular Plural
1st person آنا (āna) احنا (aḥna, iḥna) / نحن (niḥin)
2nd person m انت (inta, int) انتو (intaw, intu)
f انتي (intay, inti)
3rd person m اهوه (uhwa) / اهو (uhu) اهمه (uhma) / اهم (uhum)
f اهيه (ihya) / اهي (ihi)

Moroccan Arabic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic أَنَا (ʔanā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʔaː.na/
  • (file)

Pronoun[edit]

آنا (ʔānam or f

  1. I (first person singular subject pronoun)

See also[edit]

Moroccan Arabic personal pronouns
Singular Plural
1st person آنا (ʔāna), أنا (ʔana) حنا (ḥnā)
2nd person m انت (ntā), انتينا (ntīna), انتين (ntīn) انتوما (ntūma), انتوم (ntūm)
f انت (ntī), انتينا (ntīna), انتين (ntīn)
3rd person m هو (huwwa) هوما (hūma), هوم (hūm)
f هي (hiyya)

Saraiki[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍa). Doublet of انڈا.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

آنا (ānām

  1. egg
    Synonym: انڈا
  2. eyeball

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀯𑁂 (āve) +‎ ـنا (-nā, verbal suffix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit आप् (āp, reaching).

The perfective form آیا (āyā) may be derived from Sanskrit आगत (ā́gata, arrived).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

آنا (ānā) (Hindi spelling आना)

  1. to come, to arrive
    Antonym: جانا (jānā)

Conjugation[edit]

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.