Creep up on in Hindi — Meaning of आना (Ana)

📖 Meaning of “creep up on”

The meaning of “creep up on” in Hindi is आना, pronounced Ana — it is a verb. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

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Ana (verb) आना

(verb) दबे पाँव चल्ते हुए आना

📘 Definition of creep up on

To sneakily arrive near someone in a position to startle them; to startle someone by creeping up behind them.

✍️ Creep up on in a sentence

the thief tried to creep up on the sleeping guard, but was caught by surprise when he suddenly woke up.

बड़ा आया दफ़्तर में काम करनेवाला।

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

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 (āvei), from older *आपेति (āpeti), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati). Related to पाना (pānā). Cognate with Punjabi ਆਉਣਾ (āuṇā), Gujarati આવવું (āvavũ), Mewari आणो (āṇo), and Nepali आउनु (āunu).
The perfective form आया (āyā) is from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀕𑀤 (āgada) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit आगत (āgata), making it a doublet of आगत (āgat).

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Word (English)

Creep up on

Meaning in Hindi

आना

Pronunciation

Ana

Part of speech

Verb

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Word Origin (Etymology)

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 (āvei), from older *आपेति (āpeti), from Sanskrit आपयति (āpayati). Related to पाना (pānā). Cognate with Punjabi ਆਉਣਾ (āuṇā), Gujarati આવવું (āvavũ), Mewari आणो (āṇo), and Nepali आउनु (āunu).
The perfective form आया (āyā) is from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀆𑀕𑀤 (āgada) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit आगत (āgata), making it a doublet of आगत (āgat).

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The Hindi meaning of "creep up on" is आना (Ana).

In Devanagari script it is written as आना.

It is pronounced "Ana". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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