अपना

हिन्दी

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

अपना

/əp.nɑː/ Hindi, Standard
[ɐp.näː] Hindi, Standard

Where it comes from

Inherited from Old Hindi अपना (apanā), आपन (āpana), आपना (āpanā), from Prakrit अप्पणय (appaṇaya, “own”), from Sanskrit *आत्मनक (*ātmanaka). The Prakrit form is based on अप्पण (appaṇa, “self”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) and replaces Sanskrit आत्मक (ātmaka, “belong to”), for which compare Hindi -आत्मक (-ātmak). Cognate with Gujarati આપણું (āpaṇũ), Punjabi ਆਪਣਾ (āpaṇā), Nepali आफ्नो (āphno), and Bengali আপন (apon). Related to आप (āp, “you, self”).

pronoun apnā · اپنا · अपना · अपने · अपनी

reflexive pronoun: oneself दुसरों को देखने से पहले अपना ख़्याल रखो।

In English

own belonging to (determiner)
one's belonging to one

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"अपना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

अपना. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE

Chicago

"अपना." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE.

BibTeX

@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {अपना},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hi/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}