Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit आनत्र (āntrá, entrail) / आंत्र (āṃtra).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

آنْدَر (āndarf (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਂਦਰ) (in the plural)

  1. (anatomy) intestine; gut; entrails
  2. (figuratively) relatives; kinsfolk
  3. (figuratively) a beloved

Declension edit

Declension of آندر
dir. sg. آنْدَر (āndar)
dir. pl. آنْدَراں (āndarāṉ)
singular plural
direct آنْدَر (āndar) آنْدَراں (āndarāṉ)
oblique آنْدَر (āndar) آنْدَراں (āndarāṉ)
vocative آنْدَرے (āndare) آنْدَرو (āndaro)
ablative آنْدَروں (āndaroṉ)
locative آنْدَرے (āndare) آنْدَرِیں (āndarīṉ)
instrumental آنْدَرے (āndare) آنْدَرِیں (āndarīṉ)

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “آندر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਆਂਦਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āntrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 53