आखु

See also: आँख, आँखें, आँखों, and आँखो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आखु (ākhu)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰuː/, [äː.kʰuː]

Noun

आखु • (ākhu) m

1. rat; mouse

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• আখু (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬔᬸ (Balinese script)
• আখু (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰏𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀔𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• အာခု (Burmese script)
• આખુ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਖੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌖𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦑꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂎𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಖು (Kannada script)
• អាខុ (Khmer script)
• ອາຂຸ (Lao script)
• ആഖു (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡘᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘏𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠻᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦯𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐏𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଆଖୁ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢓꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆒𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖏𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ආඛු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩝𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚋𑚰 (Takri script)
• ஆகு² (Tamil script)
• ఆఖు (Telugu script)
• อาขุ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཁུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒐𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨌𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰu/

Noun

आ॒खु • (ākhú) stem, m

1. (Vedic) a mole
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. mouse, rat

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of आ॒खु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आ॒खुः (ākhúḥ)	आ॒खू (ākhū́)	आ॒खवः॑ (ākhávaḥ)
accusative	आ॒खुम् (ākhúm)	आ॒खू (ākhū́)	आ॒खून् (ākhū́n)
instrumental	आ॒खुना॑ (ākhúnā) आ॒ख्वा¹ (ākhvā́¹)	आ॒खुभ्या॑म् (ākhúbhyām)	आ॒खुभिः॑ (ākhúbhiḥ)
dative	आ॒खवे॑ (ākháve) आ॒ख्वे¹ (ākhvé¹)	आ॒खुभ्या॑म् (ākhúbhyām)	आ॒खुभ्यः॑ (ākhúbhyaḥ)
ablative	आ॒खोः (ākhóḥ) आ॒ख्वः¹ (ākhváḥ¹)	आ॒खुभ्या॑म् (ākhúbhyām)	आ॒खुभ्यः॑ (ākhúbhyaḥ)
genitive	आ॒खोः (ākhóḥ) आ॒ख्वः¹ (ākhváḥ¹)	आ॒ख्वोः (ākhvóḥ)	आ॒खू॒नाम् (ākhūnā́m)
locative	आ॒खौ (ākháu)	आ॒ख्वोः (ākhvóḥ)	आ॒खुषु॑ (ākhúṣu)
vocative	आखो॑ (ā́kho)	आखू॑ (ā́khū)	आख॑वः (ā́khavaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

आखु • (ākhu) stem, f

1. she-mole, she-mouse

Declension

Feminine u-stem declension of आखु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आखुः (ākhuḥ)	आखू (ākhū)	आखवः (ākhavaḥ)
accusative	आखुम् (ākhum)	आखू (ākhū)	आखूः (ākhūḥ)
instrumental	आख्वा (ākhvā)	आखुभ्याम् (ākhubhyām)	आखुभिः (ākhubhiḥ)
dative	आखवे (ākhave) आख्वै¹ (ākhvai¹)	आखुभ्याम् (ākhubhyām)	आखुभ्यः (ākhubhyaḥ)
ablative	आखोः (ākhoḥ) आख्वाः¹ (ākhvāḥ¹) आख्वै² (ākhvai²)	आखुभ्याम् (ākhubhyām)	आखुभ्यः (ākhubhyaḥ)
genitive	आखोः (ākhoḥ) आख्वाः¹ (ākhvāḥ¹) आख्वै² (ākhvai²)	आख्वोः (ākhvoḥ)	आखूनाम् (ākhūnām)
locative	आखौ (ākhau) आख्वाम्¹ (ākhvām¹)	आख्वोः (ākhvoḥ)	आखुषु (ākhuṣu)
vocative	आखो (ākho)	आखू (ākhū)	आखवः (ākhavaḥ)

• ¹Later Sanskrit
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Telugu: ఆఖువు (ākhuvu)
• → Tocharian B: ākhu

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “आखु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0129.