آنڈا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍa). Cognate to Hindi अंडा (aṇḍā) / Urdu انڈا (anḍā).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /äːɳ.ɖäː/
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Noun

آنڈا • (ānḍām (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਂਡਾ)

  1. egg
  2. (zoology) ovum

Declension

Declension of آنڈا
singular plural
direct آنڈا (ānḍā) آنڈے (ānḍe)
oblique آنڈے (ānḍe) آنڈیْاں (ānḍiyāṉ)
vocative آنڈیْا (ānḍiyā) آنڈیو (ānḍeyo)
ablative آنڈیوں (ānḍeyoṉ) آنڈیْاں (ānḍiyāṉ)
locative آنڈِیں (ānḍīṉ)
instrumental آنڈے (ānḍe)

Further reading

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