ಅನುಜ

Kannada

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Kannada ಅನುಜ (anuja), from Sanskrit अनुज (anuja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐn̪ud͡ʒɐ/

Noun

ಅನುಜ • (anuja) m[1][2] (formal, chiefly literary)

  1. younger brother
    Synonyms: ತಮ್ಮ (tamma), ಅವರಜ (avaraja)
    ನನ್ನ ಅನುಜ ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ.
    nanna anuja nagaradalli vāsisuttāne.
    My younger brother lives in the city.

Declension

Declension of ಅನುಜವು (anujavu)
singular plural
nominative ಅನುಜವು (anujavu) ಅನುಜಗಳು (anujagaḷu)
accusative ಅನುಜವನ್ನು (anujavannu) ಅನುಜಗಳನ್ನು (anujagaḷannu)
instrumental ಅನುಜದಿಂದ (anujadinda) ಅನುಜಗಳಿಂದ (anujagaḷinda)
dative ಅನುಜಕ್ಕೆ (anujakke) ಅನುಜಗಳಿಗೆ (anujagaḷige)
genitive ಅನುಜದ (anujada) ಅನುಜಗಳ (anujagaḷa)

References

More information
  1. ^ V. Krishna (2019), “ಅನುಜ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary, Zerodha
  2. ^ Kittel, Ferdinand (1894), “ಅನುಜ [anuja]”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971

Old Kannada

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनुज (anuja).

Noun

ಅನುಜ (anuja)[1] (literary)

  1. younger brother
    • c. 10th century, Adikavi Pampa, Vikramarjuna Vijaya, ಏಕಾದಶಾಶ್ವಾಸಂ [ēkādaśāśvāsaṃ, Eleventh canto]:
      ಧರ್ಮಪುತ್ರಂ ನಿಜ ಅನುಜ ಸಹಿತಂ ಬಂದು
      dharmaputraṃ nija anuja sahitaṃ bandu
      Dharmaputra, with his own younger brother, came...

Descendants

  • Kannada: ಅನುಜ (anuja)

References

More information
  1. ^ Dr. P. V. Narayana, editor (2007), “ಅನುಜ [anuja]”, in ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ ಪದಸಂಪದ (haḷagannaḍa padasampada) [A Glossary of Old Kannada] (in Kannada), Hampi: Kannada University, page 29
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