سڑک

See also: سرک, شرك, سرگ, and ش ر ك

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀲𑀟𑀺 (*saḍi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit सृति (sṛti, “road, path”). Cognate with Bengali সড়ক (śoṛok), Gujarati સડક (saḍak), Marathi सडक (saḍak), and Odia ସଡ଼କ (saṛaka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.ɽək/
• Rhymes: -ək

Noun

سَڑَک • (saṛak) f (Hindi spelling सड़क)

1. road

Declension

Declension of سڑک
	singular	plural
direct	سڑک (saṛak)	سڑکیں (saṛakẽ)
oblique	سڑک (saṛak)	سڑکوں (saṛakõ)
vocative	سڑک (saṛak)	سڑکو (saṛako)

Related terms

• گلی (galī)

Descendants

• → Maithili: सड़क (saṛak)
• → Nepali: सडक (saḍak)
• → Pashto: سړک (saṛak)
• → Persian: سرک (sarak)

References

• “سڑک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سڑک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sr̥tí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu سڑک (saṛak).

Noun

سڑک (saṛak)

1. road