अनु-

See also: अनु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनु- (anu-).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.nuː/, [ɐ.nuː]

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Prefix

अनु- • (anu-)

1. along, following, according to; subordinate to

   ‎अनु- (anu-) + ‎मस्तिष्क (mastiṣk, “brain”) → ‎अनुमस्तिष्क (anumastiṣk, “cerebellum”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms prefixed with अनु-

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अनु-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 34

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• anu- (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀦𑀼- (Brahmi script)
• অনু- (Bengali script)
• අනු- (Sinhalese script)
• အနု- or ဢၼု- (Burmese script)
• อนุ- or อะนุ- (Thai script)
• ᩋᨶᩩ- (Tai Tham script)
• ອນຸ- or ອະນຸ- (Lao script)
• អនុ- (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄚𑄪- (Chakma script)

Prefix

अनु- (anu-)

1. Devanagari script form of anu- (“subordinate to”)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• अनु (ánu)

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)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánu

Sanskrit अनु- (anu-)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ánu (“after; following”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬎 (anu, “after; corresponding to”) and Old Persian 𐎠𐎵𐎺 (a-nu-v /⁠anuv⁠/).

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

अनु- • (ánu-)

1. after, along, alongside

   ‎अनु- (anu-) + ‎ज (ja, “born”) → ‎अनुज (anuja, “younger brother”), literally “born along/after”

2. near to, with

   ‎अनु- (anu-) + ‎भव (bhava, “being”) → ‎अनुभव (anubhava, “experience”), literally “being near”

3. subordinate to
4. according to

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms prefixed with अनु-

Descendants

• Pali: anu-
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀡𑀼- (aṇu-)
• → Hindi: अनु- (anu-)

References

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