-ना

Etymology 1
, from, from , from , from +. . Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Usage notes
Almost all Perso-Arabic and learned Sanskrit tatsama borrowings are nominal. Most of these nominals are verbalized as compound verbs with some base verb, usually, as in. A smaller number of verbs are formed directly from the noun with suffixes like and this one.

Etymology 2
, from, from , whence also the substantive ending. The reduction in the participle/adjective would come from taking the form with -nī as a feminine and analogizing the masculine -nā, likely with influence from the infinitive -nā (for which see Etymology 1).

Usage notes
This suffix is typically still called the "infinitive" or "infinitive participle".

Etymology
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