feminine · āṇi 1 · āṇi 2
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Āṇi (Vedic āṇi to aṇu fine, thin, flexible, in formation an n-enlargement of Indo-Germanic °olenā, cf. Old High German lun, German lunse, Anglo-Saxon lynes = English linch, further related to Latin ulna elbow, Greek ὠλένη, Old High German elina, Anglo-Saxon eln = English el-bow. See Walde, Lāt. Wtb. under ulna and lacertus]. 1. the pin of a wheel-axle, a linchpin M I 119; S II 266, 267; A II 32; Snp 654; Ja VI 253, 432; Pj II 243; Pj I 45, 50. 2. a peg, pin, bolt, stop (at a door) M I 119; S. II 266 (drum stick); Ja IV 30; VI 432, 460; {87} Thag 744; Dhp I 39. 3. (figurative) (°-) peg-like (or secured by a peg, of a door), small, little in °colaka a small (piece of) rag Vin II 271, I 205 (vaṇabandhana-colaka); °dvāra Thag 355; commentary khuddaka-dvāra, quoted at Ps.B. 200, translated by Mrs. Rh.D. as "the towngate's sallyport" by Neumann LMN as "Gestöck" (fastening, enclosure) āṇi-gaṇṭhikāhato ayopatto at Vism 108; Sv I 199 is apparently a sort of brush made of four or five small pieces of flexible wood.
the pin of a wheel-axle; a linchpin; a peg; a bolt
<b> <c c="#a00149">Āṇi</c> </b> Āṇaka Āṇṇaka<br>A mutiṅga (kettle-drum) belonging to the Dasārahas. As it grew old and began to split, they fixed in another peg, and this process was continued, until, at last, the original drumhead vanished, leaving only the framework of pegs. <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.ii.266</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(fem, fem) pin; nail nail
(fem, fem) lynchpin; axle pin linch-pin