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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উদন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬤᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- উদন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰟𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀤𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဥဒန် (Burmese script)
- ઉદન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਉਦਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌦𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦢꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂠𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಉದೝ (Kannada script)
- ឧទន៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຸທນ຺ (Lao script)
- ഉദന് (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᡩᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘟𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢑᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑦿𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐡𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଉଦନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢣꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆢𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖟𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- උදන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩭𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚛𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- உத³ந் (Tamil script)
- ఉదౝ (Telugu script)
- อุทนฺ (Thai script)
- ཨུ་ད་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒠𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨛𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHr̥ (the nominative splitting off into the synonym वार् (vār)), from Proto-Indo-European *wód-r̥ ~ *ud-né-s, from *wódr̥ (“water”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), Latin unda, Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 (wa-a-tar), Old Church Slavonic вода (voda), Old English wæter (whence English water). See also उदक (udaka).
Pronunciation
Noun
उदन् • (udán) stem, n
- water
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 7.65.4:
- आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा ह॒व्यजु॑ष्टिं घृ॒तैर्गव्यू॑तिमुक्षत॒मिळा॑भिः ।
प्रति॑ वा॒मत्र॒ वर॒मा जना॑य पृणी॒तम्उ॒द्नो दि॒व्यस्य॒ चारो॑: ॥- ā́ no mitrāvaruṇā havyájuṣṭiṃ ghṛtaírgávyūtimukṣatamíḷābhiḥ.
práti vāmátra váramā́ jánāya pṛṇītámudnó divyásya cā́ro:. - Come, taste our offering, Varuṇa and Mitra: bedew our pasture with sweet food and fatness.
Pour down in plenty here upon the people the choicest of your fair celestial water.
- wave
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: اودُر (ōdur, “wet”)
Further reading