Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“anger”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“anger”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
उ
. हिंदी वर्णामाला का पाँचवाँ अक्षर । इसका उच्चारणस्थान ओष्ठ है । यह तीव मुख्य स्वरीं में है । हसके ह्नस्व, दीर्घ, प्लुत तथा सानुनासिक और निरनुनासिक भेद से १८ भेद होने हैं । 'उ' को गुणा करने से 'ओ' और वूद्धि करने से 'औ' होता है — Śabdasāgara
उ · noun · masculine
ब्रह्ना · नर · चंद्रमंडल (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
उ
the fifth vowel in Hindi
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a particle implying assent, calling, command
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "u" is the vocative of "ū" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "u" is the vocative of "o" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "u" is the vocative of "au" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
1. u the fifth letter and third short vowel of the alphabet, pronounced as the u in full.
2. u ind. an interjection of compassion, anger, L.
a particle implying assent, calling, command, L.
3. u ind. an enclitic copula used frequently in the Vedas;
(as a particle implying restriction and antithesis, generally after pronominals, prepositions, particles, and before nu and su, equivalent to) and, also, further; on the other hand (especially in connexion with a relative, e.g. ya u, he on the contrary who &c.)
1. ū the sixth letter of the alphabet (corresponding to u long, and having the sound of that letter in the word rule).
2. ū ind. an interjection of calling to
1. o the thirteenth vowel of the alphabet (corresponding to English o).
2. o ind. an interjection, L.
1. au the fourteenth vowel of the alphabet (having the sound of English ou in our).
2. au ind. an interjection
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