अनु-

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनु- (anu-).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.nuː/, [ɐ.nuː]

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अनु- • (anu-)

1. along, following, according to; subordinate to

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

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

अनु- (anu-)

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

• अनु (ánu)

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

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

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

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

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