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

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
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