different between ankus vs anyus

English

From Hindi ????? (a?kus), from Sanskrit ?????? (a?ku?a).

ankus (plural ankuses)

The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants.
- 1895, Rudyard Kipling, The King's Ankus
  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 together, giving a most satisfactory grip.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 22:
  He reached for the ivory handle of his ankus and turned to the stripling.

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