अनूठा

Hindi

Alternative forms

अनोठा (anoṭhā)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *अण्णउट्ठ (aṇṇaüṭṭha) with further etymology unknown. Cognate with Nepali अनौठो (anauṭho), Sindhi اَنَوٺَو (anoṭho), Marathi अनोठा (anoṭhā).^[1] Connection with Prakrit 𑀅𑀦𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (anuṭṭha, “not risen, still”) is semantically tenuous but phonologically plausible.

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.nuː.ʈʰɑː/, [ɐ.nuː.ʈʰäː]

Adjective

अनूठा • (anūṭhā)

strange, unique

Declension

Declension of *अनूठा* (ā-stem)
	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	अनूठा anūṭhā	अनूठे anūṭhe	अनूठी anūṭhī	अनूठी anūṭhī
oblique	अनूठे anūṭhe	अनूठे anūṭhe	अनूठी anūṭhī	अनूठी anūṭhī
vocative	अनूठे anūṭhe	अनूठे anūṭhe	अनूठी anūṭhī	अनूठी anūṭhī

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*anna-uṭṭha-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*anna-uṭṭha-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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