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Stage 1 of 3
anna
Sanskrit · ancient
"food, grain"
meant 'food, grain'
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Stage 2 of 3
ana
Hindi · medieval
"a small coin"
became the name of a small coin, one-sixteenth of a rupee
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Stage 3 of 3
anna
English · 1720s
"a historical coin worth 1/16 of a rupee"
British India adopted the term for the currency subunit
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