उदन्या

उदन्या

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उदन्या (udanyā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʊ.d̪ən.jɑː/, [ʊ.d̪ə̃n̪.jäː]

Noun

उदन्या • (udanyā) f

1. desire for water; thirst

   Synonyms: तृष्णा (tŕṣṇā), तृषा (tŕṣā), प्यास (pyās), पिपासा (pipāsā)

Declension

Declension of उदन्या (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	उदन्या udanyā	उदन्याएँ udanyāẽ
oblique	उदन्या udanyā	उदन्याओं udanyāõ
vocative	उदन्या udanyā	उदन्याओ udanyāo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “उदन्या”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬉᬤᬦ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• উদন্যা (Assamese script)
• উদন্যা (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰟𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀤𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌉𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ઉદન્યા (Gujarati script)
• ਉਦਨੑਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦈꦢꦤꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
• ឧទន្យា (Khmer script)
• ಉದನ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
• ອຸທນ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
• ഉദന്യാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘄𑘟𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢑᠠᠨᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᡠᡩᠠᠨᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ဥဒနျာ (Burmese script)
• 𑦤𑦿𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐡𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଉଦନ୍ଯା (Oriya script)
• ꢆꢣꢥ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆢𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖟𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• උදන්යා (Sinhalese script)
• ఉదన్యా (Telugu script)
• อุทนฺยา (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ད་ནྱཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒠𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From उदन्य (udanyà, “thirty”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.dɐn.jɑː/, [u.dɐj̃.jɑː]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /uˈd̪ɐn̪.jɑː/

Noun

उदन्या • (udanyā) f

1. desire for water; thirst

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of उदन्या (udanyā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उदन्या udanyā	उदन्ये udanye	उदन्याः udanyāḥ
Vocative	उदन्ये udanye	उदन्ये udanye	उदन्याः udanyāḥ
Accusative	उदन्याम् udanyām	उदन्ये udanye	उदन्याः udanyāḥ
Instrumental	उदन्यया / उदन्या¹ udanyayā / udanyā¹	उदन्याभ्याम् udanyābhyām	उदन्याभिः udanyābhiḥ
Dative	उदन्यायै udanyāyai	उदन्याभ्याम् udanyābhyām	उदन्याभ्यः udanyābhyaḥ
Ablative	उदन्यायाः udanyāyāḥ	उदन्याभ्याम् udanyābhyām	उदन्याभ्यः udanyābhyaḥ
Genitive	उदन्यायाः udanyāyāḥ	उदन्ययोः udanyayoḥ	उदन्यानाम् udanyānām
Locative	उदन्यायाम् udanyāyām	उदन्ययोः udanyayoḥ	उदन्यासु udanyāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: उदण्णा (udaṇṇā)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “उदन्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 183.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “udanyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “udanyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press