āṇi
Āṇi,(Vedic āṇi to aṇu fine,thin,flexible,in formation an n-enlargement of Idg. *olenā,cp. Ohg. lun,Ger. lünse,Ags. lynes = E. linch,further related to Lat. ulna elbow,Gr. w)lέnh,Ohg. elina,Ags. eln = E. el-bow. See Walde,Lāt. Wtb. under ulna & lacertus]. -- 1. the pin of a wheel-axle,a linch-pin M.I,119; S.II,266,267; A.II,32; Sn.654; J.VI,253,432; SnA 243; KhA 45,50. -- 2. a peg,pin,bolt,stop (at a door) M.I,119; S. II 266 (drum stick); J.IV,30; VI,432,460; Th.1,744; Dh.I,39. ‹-› 3. (fig.) (°-) peg-like (or secured by a peg,of a door),small,little in °colaka a small (piece of) rag Vin.II,271,cp. I.205 (vaṇabandhana-colaka); °dvāra Th.1,355; C. khuddaka-dvāra,quoted at Brethren 200,trsl. by Mrs. Rh. D. as “the towngate’s sallyport” by Neumann as “Gestöck” (fastening,enclosure) āṇi-gaṇṭhik’āhato ayopatto at Vism.108; DA.I,199 is apparently a sort of brush made of four or five small pieces of flexible wood. (Page 97)