सड़क

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀲𑀟𑀺 (*saḍi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit सृति (sṛti, “road, path”). Cognate with Bengali সড়ক (śoṛok).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɽək/, [sɐ.ɽɐk]

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Noun

सड़क • (saṛak) f (Urdu spelling سڑک)

1. road

   ये सड़क नदी तक जाती है। ― ye saṛak nadī tak jātī hai. ― This road leads to the river.

   आप किस सड़क पर रहते हैं? ― āp kis saṛak par rahte ha͠i? ― On which road do you live?

Declension

Declension of सड़क (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सड़क saṛak	सड़कें saṛakẽ
oblique	सड़क saṛak	सड़कों saṛakõ
vocative	सड़क saṛak	सड़को saṛako

Synonyms

• मार्ग (mārg)

Descendants

• → Nepali: सडक (saḍak)
• → Pashto: سړک (saṛak)
• → Dari: سرک (sarak)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सड़क”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सड़क”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सड़क”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sr̥tí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press