As a deity name
Name 499 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
आना · masculine
coming, arrival
आना · masculine
an anna (¹⁄₁₆ of an Indian rupee); one sixteenth of any item
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit आपयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- Sanskrit आप् (āp) Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Sanskrit -अयति (-ayati) Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati) Prakrit आवेइ (āvei) Hindi आना Inherited from Old Hindi आना (ānā), आवनां (āvanāṃ), from Prakrit आवइ (āvaï), आवेइ (āve…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit अन्न — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit अन्न (anna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
anna mfn. (√ ad), eaten, L.
anna (annam), n. food or victuals, especially boiled rice
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
coming, arrival (a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit आपयति; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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