-આણી

Gujarati

Etymology

Probably from Sindhic. Compare Kachchi -આણી (-āṇī), Sindhi ـَاڻِي / -आणी (-āṇī). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Suffix

-આણી • (-āṇī)

  1. Forms patronymic surnames equivalent to English -son. Commonly used in Kathiawar, Kutch, and Sindh.
    ‎ધન (dhan, clipping of Dhanesh, Dhanaraj, etc., literally “wealth”) + ‎-આણી (-āṇī) → ‎ધનાણી (dhanāṇī, “Dhanani”, literally “descendant of Dhanesh, Dhanaraj, etc.”)

Derived terms

Gujarati terms suffixed with -આણી
અંબાણી
ઉકાણી
ધનાણી
મદલાણી
મામદાણી
મેઘાણી
રામાણી
લખાણી
લાલાણી
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