انڈا
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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀟 (aṃḍa), from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍá), आण्ड (āṇḍá), or अण्डक (aṇḍaka). Compare Punjabi آنڈا (ānḍā) / ਆਂਡਾ (āṇḍā), Sindhi آنو / आनो, Nepali अण्डा (aṇḍā), Gujarati ઈંડું (ī̃ḍũ), Marathi अंडे (aṇḍe), Konkani अंडें (aṇḍẽ), Bengali আণ্ডা (anḍa), এণ্ডা (enḍa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ən.ɖɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
اَنْڈا • (aṇḍā) m (Hindi spelling अंडा)
- egg
- اُبْلَا ہُوَا اَنْڈَا ― ublā huā aṇḍā ― boiled egg
Declension
| Declension of انڈا | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | اَنْڈا (aṇḍā) | اَنْڈے (aṇḍe) |
| oblique | اَنْڈے (aṇḍe) | اَنْڈوں (aṇḍõ) |
| vocative | اَنْڈے (aṇḍe) | اَنْڈو (aṇḍo) |
References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انڈا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āṇḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press