اندر

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See also: أندر, انذر, أنذر, and آندر

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

اندر • (andur)

  1. second-person singular imperative of نَدَر (nadar)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭭 (BYN /⁠andar⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎼 (aⁿtar, “among, within”), from Proto-Iranian *Hántarah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? andar
Dari reading? andar
Iranian reading? andar
Tajik reading? andar

Preposition

اندر • (andar)

  1. Archaic and poetic form of در (dar, “in; inside”)

Usage notes

  • After the twelfth century, the shortened در (dar) becomes increasingly dominant, although اندر (andar) is still used in poetry for metrical and intentionally archaicizing purposes.

Related terms

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian اندر (andar, “inside, within”).

Preposition

اندر • (andar) (Hindi spelling अन्दर)

  1. inside
  2. within
  3. in
Related terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit उन्दुर (undura), उन्दुरु (unduru), उन्दरु (undaru), etc. from a lost Vedic substrate.

Noun

اندر • (indur) m (Hindi spelling इन्दुर)

  1. rat
  2. mouse

Etymology 3

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit इन्द्र (indra).

Compare Punjabi اندر (iṇdar), Kalasha اِن (in), Kamkata-viri ایںدر (ī˜drʻ), and Prasuni اِندر (indr).

Proper noun

اندر • (indar) m (Hindi spelling इन्द्र)

  1. (Vedic religion) Indra, deity of rain and thunder
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनिद्र (anidra).

Adjective

اندر • (anidar) (Hindi spelling अनिद्र)

  1. awake
  2. wakeful
  3. sleepless

References

  • “اندر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اندر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “اندر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “اندر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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