अनु

See also: अनु-

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অনু (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬦᬸ (Balinese script)
• অনু (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰡𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• အနု (Burmese script)
• અનુ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਨੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌨𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦤꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂢𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಅನು (Kannada script)
• អនុ (Khmer script)
• ອນຸ (Lao script)
• അനു (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠨᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘡𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠨᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧁𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐣𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଅନୁ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢥꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆤𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖡𑖲 (Siddham script)
• අනු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩯𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚝𑚰 (Takri script)
• அநு (Tamil script)
• అను (Telugu script)
• อนุ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ནུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒢𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨝𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.nu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.n̪u/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ánu (“along, after”).

Alternative forms

• अनु- (anu-) — prefix

Adverb

अनु॑ • (ánu)

1. after; afterwards, thereupon
2. then, next
3. further
4. again

Preposition

अनु • (ánu)

1. after
2. along
3. according to

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately Proto-Dravidian *āṉu, *āṇu (“man”).

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Noun

अनु॑ • (ánu) stem, m

1. non-Aryan man

   Synonym: म्लेच्छ (mleccha)

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of अनु॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अनुः॑ (ánuḥ)	अनू॑ (ánū)	अन॑वः (ánavaḥ)
accusative	अनु॑म् (ánum)	अनू॑ (ánū)	अनू॑न् (ánūn)
instrumental	अनु॑ना (ánunā)	अनु॑भ्याम् (ánubhyām)	अनु॑भिः (ánubhiḥ)
dative	अन॑वे (ánave)	अनु॑भ्याम् (ánubhyām)	अनु॑भ्यः (ánubhyaḥ)
ablative	अनोः॑ (ánoḥ)	अनु॑भ्याम् (ánubhyām)	अनु॑भ्यः (ánubhyaḥ)
genitive	अनोः॑ (ánoḥ)	अन्वोः॑ (ánvoḥ)	अनू॑नाम् (ánūnām)
locative	अनौ॑ (ánau) अन॑वि¹ (ánavi¹)	अन्वोः॑ (ánvoḥ)	अनु॑षु (ánuṣu)
vocative	अनो॑ (áno)	अनू॑ (ánū)	अन॑वः (ánavaḥ)

• ¹Rigvedic

Derived terms

• आनव (ā́nava)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “अनु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 31, column 1.