-u

Morpheme

-u

Type

suffix

Denotation

adjective suffix denoting “pertaining to, from, or of”

Etymology

Hindustani and Hindi -ū; Classical Persian -ū; Middle Persian -ūg⁠; Old Persian -uyaʰ, from -uš; Sanskrit -u

Evidence

Hindu, Sindhu, Urdu

Homographs

u-, -u-, -u, -u, -u, -u

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