अंडा
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀟 (aṃḍa), from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍá), आण्ड (āṇḍá), or अण्डक (aṇḍaka). Doublet of आँड़ (ā̃ṛ). Compare Nepali अण्डा (aṇḍā), Punjabi ਆਂਡਾ (āṇḍā), Sindhi آنو / आनो, Gujarati ઈંડું (ī̃ḍũ), Marathi अंडे (aṇḍe), Konkani अंडें (aṇḍẽ), Chittagonian আণ্ডা.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
अंडा • (aṇḍā) m (Urdu spelling اَنْڈَا)
- egg
- उबला हुआ अंडा ― ublā huā aṇḍā ― boiled egg
Declension edit
Declension of अंडा (masc ā-stem)
Alternative forms edit
- अण्डा (aṇḍā)
Derived terms edit
- अंडे का शहज़ादा (aṇḍe kā śahzādā)
Related terms edit
- अंडकोष (aṇḍkoṣ)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अंडा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āṇḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press