आखु

See also: आँख, आँखें, आँखों, and आँखो

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आखु (ākhu)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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

आखु • (ākhú) stem, m

1. (Vedic) a mole
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. mouse, rat

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of आखु

	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 (ākhúnā) आख्वा¹ (ākhvā́¹)	आखुभ्याम् (ākhúbhyām)	आखुभिः (ākhúbhiḥ)
dative	आखवे (ākháve) आख्वे¹ (ākhvé¹)	आखुभ्याम् (ākhúbhyām)	आखुभ्यः (ākhúbhyaḥ)
ablative	आखोः (ākhóḥ) आख्वः¹ (ākhváḥ¹)	आखुभ्याम् (ākhúbhyām)	आखुभ्यः (ākhúbhyaḥ)
genitive	आखोः (ākhóḥ) आख्वः¹ (ākhváḥ¹)	आख्वोः (ākhvóḥ)	आखूनाम् (ākhūnā́m)
locative	आखौ (ākhaú)	आख्वोः (ākhvóḥ)	आखुषु (ākhúṣu)

• 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)
vocative	आखो (ākho)	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)

• 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.