उडु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• উডু (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬟᬸ (Balinese script)
• উডু (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰚𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀟𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• ဥဍု (Burmese script)
• ઉડુ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਡੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌡𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦝꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂙𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಉಡು (Kannada script)
• ឧឌុ (Khmer script)
• ອຸຑຸ (Lao script)
• ഉഡു (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡷᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘚𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢎᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦺𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐜𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଉଡୁ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢞꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆝𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖚𑖲 (Siddham script)
• උඩු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩨𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚖𑚰 (Takri script)
• உடு³ (Tamil script)
• ఉడు (Telugu script)
• อุฑุ (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ཌུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒛𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨖𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उडुप (uḍupa); ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥tupa- (“guardian of the right time”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.ɖu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ɖu/

Noun

उडु • (uḍu) stem, f

1. star
2. moon

Descendants

• → Malayalam: ഉഡു (uḍu)

References

• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “उडु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Monier Williams (1899) “उडु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956–1980) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag