# अनल
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनल (anala).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ə.nəl/, [ɐ.nɐl]

### Proper noun

अनल • (anal) m (rare)
* Agni (the Hindu fire god)
* a variety of Pitṛdevas
* (astrology) Kṛttikā
* one of the eight Vasus
* (astronomy) the fiftieth year of Jupiter's cycle
* name of a muni
* the marking-nut tree
* Plumbago zeylanica
* name of a monkey
* name of the letter र
* the number three
* Vishnu (the Hindu protector-god)

### Noun

अनल • (anal) m (Urdu spelling انل) (formal)
* fire
    Synonyms: आग (āg), अग्नि (agni)
* wind
    Synonyms: वात (vāt), वायु (vāyu), अनिल (anil), समीर (samīr), हवा (havā)
* digestive power, gastric juice
* bile
    Synonym: पित्त (pitt)
* a cheetah
    Synonyms: चीता (cītā), चित्रक (citrak)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अनल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Platts, John T. (1884) “अनल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अनल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অনল (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬦᬮ (Balinese script)
* অনল (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰡𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀦𑀮 (Brahmi script)
* အနလ (Burmese script)
* અનલ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਨਲ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌨𑌲 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦤꦭ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂢𑂪 (Kaithi script)
* ಅನಲ (Kannada script)
* អនល (Khmer script)
* ອນລ (Lao script)
* അനല (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠨᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘡𑘩 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠨᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧁𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐣𑐮 (Newa script)
* ଅନଲ (Odia script)
* ꢂꢥꢭ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆤𑆬 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖡𑖩 (Siddham script)
* අනල (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩯𑩽 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚝𑚥 (Takri script)
* அநல (Tamil script)
* అనల (Telugu script)
* อนล (Thai script)
* ཨ་ན་ལ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒢𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨝𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Of Dravidian origin; compare Tamil அனல் (aṉal). Said by some to be from अन् (an, “to breathe, gasp, move, go, live”, root), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.nɐ.lɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐ.n̪ɐ.l̪ɐ/

### Proper noun

अनल • (anala) stem, m
* Agni (the Hindu fire god)
* a variety of Pitṛdevas
* (astrology) Kṛttikā
* one of the eight Vasus
* (astronomy) the fiftieth year of Jupiter's cycle
* name of a muni
* the marking-nut tree
* Plumbago zeylanica
* name of a monkey
* name of the letter र
* the number three
* Vishnu (the Hindu protector-god)

### Noun

अनल • (anala) stem, m
* fire
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:अग्नि
* digestive power, gastric juice
* bile
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:पित्त
* wind
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:वायु
* the soul
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आत्मन्
* god; the supreme soul
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ईश
* a cheetah

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “anala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “अनल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 26.
* ↑ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अनल”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan