अ-

• अन- (an-) (before vowels)

From Sanskrit अ- (a-).

अ- • (a-)

1. A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.

This form is used before words that begin with consonants.

• असुंदर (asundar, “ugly”)
• अकारण (akāraṇ, “needlessly”)

• अन- (an-) (before vowels)

From Sanskrit.

अ- • (a-)

1. A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.

This form is used before words that begin with consonants.

• अन- (ana-) (before vowels)

From Sanskrit.

अ- • (a-)

1. A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.

This form is used before words that begin with consonants.

• अन- (ana-) – before vowels

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐ/

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

अ- • (a-)

1. un-. not

• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • Maharastri Prakrit:
    • Old Marathi:
      • Marathi: अन- (an-)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
      • Old Hindi:
        • Hindi: अन- (an-)
• → Hindi: अ- (a-)
• → Marathi: अ- (a-)
• → Nepali: अ- (a-), अन- (ana-)

अ- • (a-)

1. Used in the formation of imperfect, aorist and conditional tenses.

• Monier Williams (1899), “अ-”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0001.