al > an in other East Indo-European Languages (24)
According to Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, the prefix an is a negative particle that is primarily employed in compound words. Sanskrit word ánapēkṣa, meaning “careless,” is one of the compound words with the prefix an. It has cognates in other East Indo-European languages:
Prakrit ṇokkha-; Apabhraṁśa ṇavakha-; Lahndā anokhṛā; Panjābī aṇokh, aṇokhā; Kumaunī anaukhā; Nepāli anokhā; Bengali ānokhā, ānakhā; Hindī anokhā; Gujarātī nɔkhũ.
In addition to ánapēkṣa, he also provides several compound forms with the prefix an. However, the numerous words with the prefix an are condensed, and approximately 50 to 60 words are given below for reference. All these cognates and compound words with the prefix an originate from the Tamil root al.
anakṣá, blind. anadhyāya, intermission from study. anantá, endless, boundless. anantará, having no interval. ánanna, *without food. anargha, priceless. anarghya, see anargha-. anartha, useless, unfortunate. ánaśana, abstinence from food. anāgata, not come, future. *anāviṣṭa, not entered. *anāvr̥ṣa, lack of rain. anāvr̥ṣṭi, lack of rain. anāhāra, abstaining from food. anicchā, indifference. aniṣṭa, unwished, bad. *aniṣṭi, dislike. anuttara, unsurpassed. anudyōga, lack of work, laziness. *anupānaha, shoeless. ánēka, many. anēnás, sinless, blameless. anēla-, see anēnás-.