आखु

See also: आँख, आँखें, आँखों, and आँखो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आखु (ākhu)

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰuː/,

Noun

आखु • (ākhu) m

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) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.kʰu/

Noun

आखु • (ākhú) stem, m

(Vedic) a mole
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
mouse, rat

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of आखु (ākhú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आखुः ākhúḥ	आखू ākhū́	आखवः ākhávaḥ
Vocative	आखो ā́kho	आखू ā́khū	आखवः ā́khavaḥ
Accusative	आखुम् ākhúm	आखू ākhū́	आखून् ākhū́n
Instrumental	आखुना / आख्वा¹ ākhúnā / ākhvā́¹	आखुभ्याम् ākhúbhyām	आखुभिः ākhúbhiḥ
Dative	आखवे / आख्वे¹ ākháve / ākhvé¹	आखुभ्याम् ākhúbhyām	आखुभ्यः ākhúbhyaḥ
Ablative	आखोः / आख्वः¹ ākhóḥ / ākhváḥ¹	आखुभ्याम् ākhúbhyām	आखुभ्यः ākhúbhyaḥ
Genitive	आखोः / आख्वः¹ ākhóḥ / ākhváḥ¹	आख्वोः ākhvóḥ	आखूनाम् ākhūnā́m
Locative	आखौ ākhaú	आख्वोः ākhvóḥ	आखुषु ākhúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

आखु • (ākhu) stem, f

she-mole, she-mouse

Declension

Feminine u-stem declension of आखु (ākhu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आखुः ākhuḥ	आखू ākhū	आखवः ākhavaḥ
Vocative	आखो ākho	आखू ākhū	आखवः ākhavaḥ
Accusative	आखुम् ākhum	आखू ākhū	आखूः ākhūḥ
Instrumental	आख्वा ākhvā	आखुभ्याम् ākhubhyām	आखुभिः ākhubhiḥ
Dative	आखवे / आख्वै¹ ākhave / ākhvai¹	आखुभ्याम् ākhubhyām	आखुभ्यः ākhubhyaḥ
Ablative	आखोः / आख्वाः¹ / आख्वै² ākhoḥ / ākhvāḥ¹ / ākhvai²	आखुभ्याम् ākhubhyām	आखुभ्यः ākhubhyaḥ
Genitive	आखोः / आख्वाः¹ / आख्वै² ākhoḥ / ākhvāḥ¹ / ākhvai²	आख्वोः ākhvoḥ	आखूनाम् ākhūnām
Locative	आखौ / आख्वाम्¹ ākhau / ākhvām¹	आख्वोः ākhvoḥ	आखुषु ākhuṣu
Notes	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.

आखु

Contents

Hindi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Noun

Declension

Descendants

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