-अन

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
  • -अण (-aṇa) – in the vicinity of र (ra)

Suffix

-अन • (-ana) n

  1. forms neuter nouns
    ‎कृ (kṛ, “do, make”) + ‎-अन (-ana) → ‎कारण (kāraṇa, “cause, reason”)
    ‎मृ (mṛ, “die”) + ‎-अन (-ana) → ‎मरण (maraṇa, “death”)
    ‎स्था (sthā, “stand”) + ‎-अन (-ana) → ‎स्थान (sthāna, “place”)

Usage notes

The vowel of the root generally takes the गुण (guṇa) degree, but sometimes takes the वृद्धि (vṛddhi) degree.

Derived terms
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