آندر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आनत्र (āntrá, entrail) / आंत्र (āṃtra).

Pronunciation

Noun

آنْدَر • (āndarf (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਂਦਰ) (usually in the plural)

  1. (anatomy) intestine
  2. gut; entrails
  3. (figuratively, women's speech) attachment (of a mother)

Declension

Declension of آندر
singular plural
direct آنْدَر (āndar) آنْدَراں (āndarāṉ)
oblique آنْدَر (āndar) آنْدَراں (āndarāṉ)
vocative آنْدَرے (āndare) آنْدَرو (āndaro)
ablative آنْدَروں (āndaroṉ) آنْدَراں (āndarāṉ)
locative آنْدَری (āndarī) آنْدَرِیں (āndarīṉ)
instrumental آنْدَرِیں (āndarīṉ) آنْدَرے (āndare)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “آندر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਆਂਦਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āntrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 53