Sanskrit an (67)

    Monier-Williams’ A Sanskrit-English Dictionary says an is a negative prefix. It is occasionally used as ana- and before a vowel it is uses as a substitute for a(3) or a (privative). He provides several compound words 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. This prefix an originates from the Tamil root al. The root al changes into an in Sanskrit through the transformation al > a > an.

an-aṉṡa or an-aṉṡin, portionless; not entitled to a share in an inheritance. an-áksh, blind. an-akshara, unfit to be uttered; unable to articulate a syllable. an-aṅgá, bodiless, incorporeal. an-aṅgám-ejaya, not shaking the body. án-aṇu, not minute or fine, coarse. án-addhā, not truly, not really, not definitely, not clearly. án-addhā-purushá, one who is not a true man, one who is of no use either to gods or men or the manes. an-adhigata, not obtained, not acquired; not studied. an-adhigata-manoratha, one who has not obtained his wish, disappointed. an-adhigata-ṡāstra, unacquainted with the Ṡātras. an-antá, endless, bound less, eternal, infinite. an-antá-kara, rendering endless, magnifying indefinitely. an-antá-māyin, endlessly illusory or delusive or deceitful. an-anyá, no other, not another, not different, identical; self; not having a second, unique; not more than one, sole; having no other (object), undistracted; not attached or devoted to anyone else. an-anyá-sādhāraṇa, not common to anyone else, not belonging to any other. ananyârtha, not subservient to another object; principal. an-apatyá, childless. an-apatyám, childlessness. anapatyaka, childless. an-apêksha, regardless, careless; indifferent; impartial; irrespective of; irrelevant. an-apêksha-tva, disregard; irrelevance; irrespectiveness. án-apta, not watery. án-āgas, sinless, blameless. anāgās-tvá, sinlessness. án-āḍhya, not wealthy, poor. an-āḍhyam-bhavishṇu, not becoming wealthy, becoming poor. an-ātapa, an-ātapas, freedom from the blaze of the sun; shade; shady. an-iccha or an-icchaka or an-icchat, undesirous, averse, unwilling; not intending. an-icchā, absence of wish or design, indifference. an-ibhya, not wealthy. an-ishṭa, (√ish), unwished, undesirable, disadvantageous, unfavourable; bad, wrong, evil, ominous. an-ishṭa-dushṭa-dhī, having an evil and corrupt mind. an-īti, an-ītis, freedom from a calamitous season. an-īpsita, undesired. an-ukta, (√vac), unuttered, unsaid, unheard of, extraordinary. an-ukta-nimitta, a reason which is unuttered or unheard of or extraordinary. an-udvāha, an-udvāhas, non-marriage, celibacy. an-ūḍha, (√vah), not borne, not carried. an-ūḍhā, an unmarried woman. án-ūna or an-ūnaka, not less, not inferior to (ablative); whole, entire; having full power. án-ūna-guru, of undiminished weight, very heavy. an-ṛiṇá, free from debt. an-ṛiṇá-tā or an-ṛiṇá-tva, freedom from debt. án-ṛita, not true, false. án-ṛitam, falsehood, lying, cheating; agriculture. án-ṛita-maya, full of untruth, false. an-eka, not one, many, much; separated. áneka-kāma, having many wishes. anekârtha, having more than one meaning (as a word). an-enậs, blameless, sinless, not liable to error. an-aikānta, (from ekānta), variable, unsteady; (in logic) occasional, as a cause not invariably attended by the same effects. an-oka-ha, an-oka-has, not quitting his home or his place, a tree. an-aucitya, an-aucityam, unfitness. an-aupamya, unparalleled. an-aurasa, an-aurasas, not one’s own son, adopted.

 

 

English words derived from Tamil al connoting 'negation'