اڑان

See also: آژان and أران

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀸𑀡 (uḍḍāṇa), from Sanskrit उड्डयन (uḍḍayana). Cognate with Nepali उडान (uḍān), Punjabi ਉਡਾਣ (uḍāṇ) / اُڈاݨ (uḍāṇ), Gujarati ઉડ્ડાન (uḍḍān), ઉડ્ડાણ (uḍḍāṇ), Marathi उड्डाण (uḍḍāṇ), Marwari उडांण (uḍā̃ṇ) / 𑅒𑅠𑅧𑅢 (uḍnṇ), Odia ଉଡ଼ାଣ (uṛaṇô). By surface analysis, اُڑْنَا (uṛnā, “to fly”) +‎ ـان (-ān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊ.ɽɑːn/
• Hyphenation: اُ‧ڑَان
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

اُڑَان • (uṛān) f (Hindi spelling उड़ान)

1. flight

   Synonyms: پَرْوَاز (parvāz), طیران (tayarān)

Declension

Declension of اڑان
	singular	plural
direct	اُڑَان (uṛān)	اُڑَانیں (uṛānẽ)
oblique	اُڑَان (uṛān)	اُڑَانوں (uṛānõ)
vocative	اُڑَان (uṛān)	اُڑَانو (uṛāno)

Related terms

• اُڑْنَا (uṛnā)
• اُڑَانَا (uṛānā)

Further reading

• “اڑان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اڑنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 48
• Platts, John T. (1884) “اڙان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 43
• “اڑان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uḍḍayana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 77