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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
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánu (“along, after”).
Adverb
अनु • (ánu)
- after; afterwards, thereupon
- then, next
- further
- again
Preposition
अनु • (ánu)
- after
- along
- according to
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately Proto-Dravidian *āṉu, *āṇu (“man”).
Noun
अनु • (ánu) stem, m
- non-Aryan man
- Synonym: म्लेच्छ (mleccha)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अनु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 31, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 73-74