अनुज

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनुज (anuja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.nʊd͡ʒ/, [ɐ.nʊd͡ʒ]

Noun

अनुज • (anuj) m (female equivalent अनुजा)

1. born afterwards
2. (formal) younger brother

   Synonym: छोटा भाई (choṭā bhāī)

Declension

Declension of अनुज (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अनुज anuj	अनुज anuj
oblique	अनुज anuj	अनुजों anujõ
vocative	अनुज anuj	अनुजो anujo

Proper noun

अनुज • (anuj) m

1. a male given name, Anuj, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of अनुज (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	अनुज anuj
oblique	अनुज anuj
vocative	अनुज anuj

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अनुज”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 209
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अनुज”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 26
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अनुज”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 35

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অনুজ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬦᬸᬚ (Balinese script)
• অনুজ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰡𑰲𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀦𑀼𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• အနုဇ (Burmese script)
• અનુજ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਨੁਜ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌜 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦤꦸꦗ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂢𑂳𑂔 (Kaithi script)
• ಅನುಜ (Kannada script)
• អនុជ (Khmer script)
• ອນຸຊ (Lao script)
• അനുജ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠨᡠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘡𑘳𑘕 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠨᠤᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧁𑧔𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐣𑐸𑐖 (Newa script)
• ଅନୁଜ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢥꢸꢙ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆤𑆶𑆘 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖡𑖲𑖕 (Siddham script)
• අනුජ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩯𑩒𑩣 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚝𑚰𑚑 (Takri script)
• அநுஜ (Tamil script)
• అనుజ (Telugu script)
• อนุช (Thai script)
• ཨ་ནུ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒢𑒳𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨝𑨃𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

अनु- (anu-, “after”) +‎ -ज (-ja, “born”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

अनुज • (anuja) stem, m

1. a younger brother

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अनुज

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अनुजः (anujaḥ)	अनुजौ (anujau) अनुजा¹ (anujā¹)	अनुजाः (anujāḥ) अनुजासः¹ (anujāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अनुजम् (anujam)	अनुजौ (anujau) अनुजा¹ (anujā¹)	अनुजान् (anujān)
instrumental	अनुजेन (anujena)	अनुजाभ्याम् (anujābhyām)	अनुजैः (anujaiḥ) अनुजेभिः¹ (anujebhiḥ¹)
dative	अनुजाय (anujāya)	अनुजाभ्याम् (anujābhyām)	अनुजेभ्यः (anujebhyaḥ)
ablative	अनुजात् (anujāt)	अनुजाभ्याम् (anujābhyām)	अनुजेभ्यः (anujebhyaḥ)
genitive	अनुजस्य (anujasya)	अनुजयोः (anujayoḥ)	अनुजानाम् (anujānām)
locative	अनुजे (anuje)	अनुजयोः (anujayoḥ)	अनुजेषु (anujeṣu)
vocative	अनुज (anuja)	अनुजौ (anujau) अनुजा¹ (anujā¹)	अनुजाः (anujāḥ) अनुजासः¹ (anujāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “अनुज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 32/2.