एन

Khaling

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

एन (en) (plural)

you

References

“एन”, in खालिङ - नेपाली - अङ्‍ग्रेजी शब्दकोश (Khaling - Nepali - English Dictionary), Nepal: SIL International, 2016.

Kurukh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *yĀn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːn/

Pronoun

एन (ēn)

I (first person singular personal pronoun)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ena (Latin script)
𑀏𑀦 (Brahmi script)
এন (Bengali script)
එන (Sinhalese script)
ဧန or ဨန or ဢေၼ (Burmese script)
เอน or เอนะ (Thai script)
ᩑᨶ (Tai Tham script)
ເອນ or ເອນະ (Lao script)
ឯន (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Adjective

एन

Devanagari script form of ena (“this”)

Declension

Declension table of "एन" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	एनं (enaṃ)

Declension table of "एना" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	एनं (enaṃ)

Declension table of "एन" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	एनं (enaṃ)

Pronoun

एन m

Devanagari script form of ena (“this”)

Declension

Declension table of "एन" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	एनं (enaṃ)

Pronoun

एन n

Devanagari script form of ena (“this”)

Declension

Declension table of "एन" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular
Accusative (second)	एनं (enaṃ)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

এন (Assamese script)
ᬏᬦ (Balinese script)
এন (Bengali script)
𑰊𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀏𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ဧန (Burmese script)
એન (Gujarati script)
ਏਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌏𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦌꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂉𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಏನ (Kannada script)
ឯន (Khmer script)
ເອນ (Lao script)
ഏന (Malayalam script)
ᡝᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘊𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠧᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦪𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐊𑐣 (Newa script)
ଏନ (Odia script)
ꢍꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆍𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖊𑖡 (Siddham script)
එන (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩔𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚆𑚝 (Takri script)
ஏந (Tamil script)
ఏన (Telugu script)
เอน (Thai script)
ཨེ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒋𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨄𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. Most likely formed within Indo-Aryan, as there are no Indo-Iranian cognates.^[1] The traditional derivation^[2] from Proto-Indo-European *óynos, i.e. from indefinite numeral one to definite, anaphoric he, is semantically unlikely.

More probable is a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *éy, just like अयम् (ayám), एष (eṣá)/एतद् (etát), and the distal deictic particle *énοs, which is also contained in pronouns in other languages, like Hittite [script needed] (anniš, “that”), Ancient Greek ἐκεῖνος (ekeînos, “that”), Icelandic hann (“he”), and English yon.^[3]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.n̪ɐ/

Pronoun

एन • (ena)

third-person pronominal base meaning this; that; he; she; it (only found enclitically in a limited number of cases and numbers)

Usage notes

This pronoun is usually enclitic and should not begin a sentence. It is also only found in a limited number of cases. For other cases, अयम् m (ayam), इयम् f (iyam), and इदम् n (idam) may be used, respectively.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of एन (ena)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	- -	- -	- -
Vocative	- -	- -	- -
Accusative	एनम् enam	एनौ / एना¹ enau / enā¹	एनान् enān
Instrumental	एनेन enena	- -	- -
Dative	- -	- -	- -
Ablative	- -	- -	- -
Genitive	- -	एनयोः enayoḥ	- -
Locative	- -	एनयोः enayoḥ	- -
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of एना (enā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	- -	- -	- -
Vocative	- -	- -	- -
Accusative	एनाम् enām	एने ene	एनाः enāḥ
Instrumental	एनेया eneyā	- -	- -
Dative	- -	- -	- -
Ablative	- -	- -	- -
Genitive	- -	एनयोः enayoḥ	- -
Locative	- -	एनयोः enayoḥ	- -

Neuter a-stem declension of एन (ena)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	- -	- -	- -
Vocative	- -	- -	- -
Accusative	एनत् enat	एने ene	एनानि enāni
Instrumental	एनेन enena	- -	- -
Dative	- -	- -	- -
Ablative	- -	- -	- -
Genitive	- -	एनयोः enayoḥ	- -
Locative	- -	एनयोः enayoḥ	- -

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 268
^ * Monier Williams (1899) “एन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232, column 1.
^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, pages 370-71

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 268

[2] * Monier Williams (1899) “एन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232, column 1.

[3] Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, pages 370-71

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