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Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
Verb
اندر • (andur)
- 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
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Classical reading?
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andar
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Dari reading?
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andar
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Iranian reading?
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andar
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Tajik reading?
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andar
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Preposition
اندر • (andar)
- 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.
Sindhi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian اندر (andar).
Pronunciation
Adverb
اَندَرُ • (andaru) (Devanagari अंदरु)
- inside
References
- Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “اَندَرُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian اندر (andar, “inside, within”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
اَنْدَر • (andar) (Hindi spelling अंदर)
- inside
- within
- in
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit उन्दुर (undura), उन्दुरु (unduru), उन्दरु (undaru), etc. from a lost Vedic substrate. Compare Bengali ইন্দুর (indur), ইঁদুর (ĩdur).
Pronunciation
Noun
اِنْدُر • (indur) m (Hindi spelling इंदुर)
- rat
- mouse
Etymology 3
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इन्द्र (indra). Compare Punjabi اندر (iṇdar), Kalasha اِن (in), Kamkata-viri ایںدر (ī˜drʻ), and Prasuni اِندر (indr).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
اِنْدْر • (indr) m (Hindi spelling इंद्र)
- (Hinduism, Vedic religion) Indra (king of the deities and god of rain and thunder)
- a male given name, Indar or Indra, from Sanskrit, of Sikh and Hindu usage
Derived terms
- اِنْدْر جال (indr jāl, “trick, deception; magic”, literally “trap of Indra”)
- اِنْدْر دَھنُش (indr dhanuś, “rainbow”, literally “bow of Indra”)
- اِنْدْر کی پَری (indr kī parī, “beautiful woman; strange”, literally “Indra's fairy”)
- اِنْدْر لوک (indr lok, “heaven”, literally “realm of Indra”)
Etymology 4
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनिद्र (anidra).
Adjective
اَنِدْر • (anidr) (Hindi spelling अनिद्र)
- awake
- wakeful
- 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.