Hijazi Arabic

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Verb

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اندر (andur)

  1. second-person singular imperative of نَدَر (nadar)

Persian

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Etymology

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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).

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Readings
Classical reading? andar
Dari reading? andar
Iranian reading? andar
Tajik reading? andar

Preposition

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اندر (andar)

  1. Archaic and poetic form of در (dar, in; inside)

Usage notes

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  • 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.
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Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian اندر (andar).

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Adverb

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اَندَرُ (andaru) (Devanagari अंदरु)

  1. inside

References

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  • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “اَندَرُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Persian اندر (andar, inside, within).

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Adverb

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اَنْدَر (andar) (Hindi spelling अंदर)

  1. inside
  2. within
  3. in
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Sanskrit उन्दुर (undura), उन्दुरु (unduru), उन्दरु (undaru), etc. from a lost Vedic substrate. Compare Bengali ইন্দুর (indur), ইঁদুর (ĩdur).

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Noun

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اِنْدُر (indurm (Hindi spelling इंदुर)

  1. rat
  2. mouse

Etymology 3

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इन्द्र (indra). Compare Punjabi اندر (iṇdar), Kalasha اِن (in), Kamkata-viri ایںدر (ī˜drʻ), and Prasuni اِندر (indr).

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Proper noun

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اِنْدْر (indrm (Hindi spelling इंद्र)

  1. (Hinduism, Vedic religion) Indra (king of the deities and god of rain and thunder)
  2. a male given name, Indar or Indra, from Sanskrit, of Sikh and Hindu usage
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Etymology 4

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनिद्र (anidra).

Adjective

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اَنِدْر (anidr) (Hindi spelling अनिद्र)

  1. awake
  2. wakeful
  3. sleepless

References

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  • 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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.