उद्र

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उद्र (udra). Doublet of ऊद (ūd).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊd̪.ɾᵊ/

उद्र • (udra) m (rare, formal)

1. an otter

   Synonym: ऊद (ūd)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “उद्र”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ud.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈud̪.ɾɐ/

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *udrás (“otter”), from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic animal; otter”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬎𐬛𐬭𐬀 (udra), Latin lutra, Ancient Greek ὕδρος (húdros), Polish wydra, Russian вы́дра (výdra), Bulgarian ви́дра (vídra), Old English otor (whence English otter).

उद्र • (udrá) stem, m

1. an otter
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 24.37:

     अ॒न्य॒वा॒पो॒ ऽर्धमा॒साना॒म् ऋश्यो॑ म॒यूरः॑ सुप॒र्णस् ते ग॑न्धर्वाणा॑म् अ॒पाम् उ॒द्रो मा॒सां क॒श्यपो॑ रो॒हित् कु॑ण्डृ॒णाची॑ गो॒लत्ति॑का ते॑ ऽप्स॒रसां॑ मृ॒त्यवे॑ ऽसि॒तः ॥

     anyavāpo ʼrdhámāsā́nām ṛ́śyo mayū́raḥ suparṇás té gandharvāṇām apā́m udró māsā́ṃ kaśyápo rohít kuṇḍṛṇā́cī goláttikā te ʼpsarásāṃ mṛtyáve ʼsitáḥ.

     The cuckoo belongs to the Half Months; antelope, peacock, eagle, these are the Gandharvas’; the otter belongs to the Months; the tortoise, doe-antelope, iguana, Golathikâ belong to the Apsaras; the black snake belongs to Death.

2. a kind of aquatic animal

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: উদ (ud)
  • Bengali: উদ (ud)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀤 (udda)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: ऊद (ūd)

    Urdu: اود (ūd)

• → Odia: ଉଦ୍ର (udra)
• → Telugu: ఉద్రము (udramu)
• → Hindi: उद्र (udra)

From Proto-Indo-European *ud-ró-s, from *wed- (“water”). See उदन् (udan), उदक (udaka) for cognates.

उद्र • (udrá) stem, n

1. (in compounds) water

• अनुद्र (anudrá, “waterless”)
• उद्रिन् (udrín, “abounding in water”)
• समुद्र (samudrá, “large body of water, confluence of rivers; sea, ocean”)

• Monier Williams (1899) “उद्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 191.