आना-जाना ānā-jānā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

To come and go, to pay visits, to make calls.

Usual translation

come and go

Origin of the definition

आना ānā (hindi)

To come.

आना ānā ā:nā: (v) to come; (nm) an anna (coin); आए दिन every day; -जाना to pay visits, (to) make calls (at); आनी-जानी transitory, shortlived; आया-गया guest, visitor; आ धमकना to appear unannounced/all of a sudden; आय गए की लाज a bargain is after all a bargain; आये सेर खाये सवा सेर to have a large mouth but a small girdle.

ānā-jānā, s.m. Coming and going; intercourse; visiting; communication; interchange of visits.

जाना jānā (hindi)

To go, to depart, to lose, to flow.