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ankush

ankush is the alternative form of ankus.

Meaning of ankus

Noun

ankus (plural ankuses)

  1. The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants.
    • At last he found something really fascinating laid on the front of a howdah half buried in the coins. It was a three-foot ankus, or elephant-goad—something like a small boathook. The top was one round, shining ruby, and eight inches of the handle below it were studded with rough turquoises close...1895, Rudyard Kipling, The King's Ankus

Proper noun capitalized: Ankush

Ankush

  1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Forms of ankush

pluralankushes

Origin of ankush

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंकुश (aṃkuśa).

Questions about ankush

What does ankush mean?
Ankush means a male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
What is ankush the alternative form of?
Ankush is the alternative form of ankus.
What part of speech is ankush?
Ankush is a proper noun.

Words near ankush in the dictionary

  1. anksome
  2. Anku
  3. Ankur
  4. ankus
  5. ankuses
  6. ankush
  7. ankusha
  8. ankushas
  9. ankushes
  10. ankycorbin
  11. ankyl-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ankush (page history and authors); Ankush (page history and authors); ankus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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