اڑان
See also: آژان and أران
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀸𑀡 (uḍḍāṇa), from Sanskrit उड्डयन (uḍḍayana). Cognate with Nepali उडान (uḍān), Punjabi ਉਡਾਣ (uḍāṇ) / اُڈاݨ (uḍāṇ), Gujarati ઉડ્ડાન (uḍḍān), ઉડ્ડાણ (uḍḍāṇ), Marathi उड्डाण (uḍḍāṇ), Marwari उडांण (uḍāṇṇ) / 𑅒𑅠𑅧𑅢 (uḍnṇ), Oriya ଉଡ଼ାଣ (uṛaṇô). By surface analysis, اُڑْنَا (uṛnā, “to fly”) + ـان (-ān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊ.ɽɑːn/
- Hyphenation: اُ‧ڑَان
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
اُڑَان • (uṛān) f (Hindi spelling उड़ान)
- flight
- Synonym: پَرْوَاز (parvāz)
Declension
| Declension of اڑان | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | اُڑَان (uṛān) | اُڑَانیں (uṛānẽ) |
| oblique | اُڑَان (uṛān) | اُڑَانوں (uṛānõ) |
| vocative | اُڑَان (uṛān) | اُڑَانو (uṛāno) |
Related terms
- اُڑْنَا (uṛnā)
- اُڑَانَا (uṛānā)
Further reading
- “اڑان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اڑنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 48
- Platts, John T. (1884), “اڙان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 43
- “اڑان”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “uḍḍayana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 77