ਉਡਿ

Old Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਊਡਿ (ūḍi)

Etymology

Old Punjabi verb set
ਉਡਿ (uḍi /⁠uḍḍi⁠/)
ਉਡਾਇ (uḍāi)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀟𑁆𑀟𑁂𑀇 (uḍḍei), from Sanskrit उड्डयते (uḍḍayate). Cognate with Old Hindi उडना (uḍanā), Old Gujarati उडए (uḍae), ऊडए (ūḍae), ऊडइ (ūḍaï, present indicative, third person singular), Old Marathi 𑘄𑘚𑘜𑘹 (uḍaṇe), Middle Bengali উড় (uṛ).

Verb

ਉਡਿ (uḍi /uḍḍi/) (intransitive)

1. to fly, fly up, fly away

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਉੱਡਣਾ (uḍḍaṇā), ਉਡਣਾ (uḍaṇā)

  Shahmukhi script: اُڈّݨا (uḍḍṇā)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਉਡਿ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 2.
• “ਉਡਿ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uḍḍīyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 77