अन्त

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ənt̪/, [ɐ̃n̪t̪]

अन्त • (ant) m

1. Alternative spelling of अंत (ant)

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अन्त m or n

1. Devanagari script form of anta (“end”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     तत्थ अक्खरेसु अकारादीसु ओदन्ता अत्थ सरा नाम होन्ति।

     Tattha akkharesu akārādīsu odantā aṭṭha sarā nāma honti.

     There amongst the letters are eight vowels, namely starting with 'a' and ending with 'o'

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अन्त n

1. Devanagari script form of anta (“intestine”)

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Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“forehead; front; edge”). Cognate with English end.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐn.tɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐn̪.t̪ɐ/

अन्त • (antá)

1. near (see अन्ति (anti))
2. last
3. handsome, lovely
4. lowest, worst
5. youngest

अन्त • (antá) stem, m

1. end, conclusion, termination (ant. आरम्भ (ārambha) or आदि (ādi))
2. limit, boundary (in time or space); final limit, last or extreme point
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.05:

     imā́ gā́vaḥ sarame yā́ áichaḥ pári divó ántān subhage pátantī
     kás ta enā áva sṛjād áyudhvy utā́smā́kam ā́yudhā santi tigmā́

     These are the kine which, Saramā, thou seekest, flying, O Blest One, to the ends of heaven.
     Who will loose these for thee without a battle? Yea, and sharp-pointed are our war-like weapons.

3. border, edge, precinct; a place or ground in general
4. end of a texture, edge, skirt, fringe or hem of a garment
5. vicinity, proximity, neighbourhood, presence (see अन्ति (anti))
6. death, destruction; end or close of life
7. (grammar) A final syllable or letter of a word
8. the last word in a compound
9. ascertainment, or settlement (of a question); definite or final settlement; pause, final determination
10. the last portion or the remainder
11. underneath or inside surface, inner part
12. total amount, whole number or quantity
13. large number
14. nature, condition, sort, species
15. disposition, essence (as in शुद्धान्तः (śuddhāntaḥ))
16. division (more common विभाग (vibhāga))

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• अनन्त (ananta)

• Assamese: আঁত (ãt), অন্ত (onto)
• → Bengali: অন্ত (onto)
• → Hindi: अंत (ant)
• → Kannada: ಅಂತ್ಯ (antya)
• → Malayalam: അന്തം (antaṁ)
• → Marathi: अंत (anta)
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• → Odia: ଅନ୍ତ (ôntô)
• → Old Gujarati: अंत (aṃta)
• Pali: anta
  • Khmer: អន្តៈ (ʼɑntaʼ)
• → Punjabi: ਅੰਤ (anta)
• → Sindhi: اَنتِ‎
• → Tamil: அந்தம் (antam)
• → Telugu: అంతము (antamu)

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “अन्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899), “अन्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 42/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 75