-आँ

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from stems with an intervocalic -m-, either primary one or secondarily originated from -p- or -v- (which develop via -ṽ- into -m-). The -m- is lost after having nasalized the following vowel. See -आ (-ā). [1]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑ̃ː/, [ä̃ː]

Suffix

-आँ • (-ā̃) m

  1. suffix for some masculine nouns

Declension
Declension of -आँ (masc ind ā̃-stem)
singular plural
direct -आँ
-ā̃		 -एँ
-ẽ
oblique -एँ
-ẽ		 -ओं
-õ
vocative -एँ
-ẽ		 -ओं
-õ

References
  1. Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 7
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