انڈا

See also: اندا and آنڈا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀟 (aṃḍa), from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍá), आण्ड (āṇḍá), or अण्डक (aṇḍaka). Compare Punjabi آنڈا (ānḍā) / ਆਂਡਾ (āṇḍā), Sindhi آنو / आनो, Nepali अण्डा (aṇḍā), Gujarati ઈંડું (ī̃ḍũ), Marathi अंडे (aṇḍe), Konkani अंडें (aṇḍẽ), Bengali আণ্ডা (anḍa), এণ্ডা (enḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əɳ.ɖɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

اَنْڈا • (aṇḍā) m (Hindi spelling अंडा)

1. egg

   اُبْلَا ہُوَا اَنْڈَا ― ublā huā aṇḍā ― boiled egg

Declension

Declension of انڈا
	singular	plural
direct	اَنْڈا (aṇḍā)	اَنْڈے (aṇḍe)
oblique	اَنْڈے (aṇḍe)	اَنْڈوں (aṇḍõ)
vocative	اَنْڈے (aṇḍe)	اَنْڈو (aṇḍo)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “انڈا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āṇḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press