اندر

• IPA^(key): /andur/

اندر • (andur)

1. second-person singular imperative of نَدَر (nadar)

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭭 (BYN /⁠andar⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎼 (aⁿtar, “among, within”), from Proto-Iranian *Hántarah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hántaras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”).

اندر • (andar)

1. archaic and poetic form of در (dar, “in; inside”)

• After the twelfth century, the shortened در (dar) becomes increasingly dominant, although اندر (andar) is still used in poetry for metrical and intentionally archaicizing purposes.

Borrowed from Classical Persian اندر (andar).

• IPA^(key): [ənd̪ərʊ]

اَندَرُ • (andaru) (Devanagari अंदरु)

1. inside

• Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “اَندَرُ”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

Borrowed from Classical Persian اندر (andar, “inside, within”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ən.d̪əɾ/

اَنْدَر • (andar) (Hindi spelling अंदर)

1. inside
2. within
3. in

• اَنْدَر باہَر (andar bāhar, “within and without; everywhere”)

Inherited from Sanskrit उन्दुर (undura), उन्दुरु (unduru), उन्दरु (undaru), etc. from a lost Vedic substrate. Compare Bengali ইন্দুর (indur), ইঁদুর (ĩdur).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪn.d̪ʊɾ/

اِنْدُر • (indur) m (Hindi spelling इंदुर)

1. rat
2. mouse

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit इन्द्र (indra). Compare Punjabi اندر (iṇdar), Kalasha اِن (in), Kamkata-viri ایںدر (ī˜drʻ), and Prasuni اِندر (indr).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪn.d̪ɾᵊ/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɪn.d̪əɾ/

اِنْدْر • (indr) m (Hindi spelling इंद्र)

1. (Hinduism, Vedic religion) Indra (king of the deities and god of rain and thunder)
2. a male given name, Indar or Indra, from Sanskrit, of Sikh and Hindu usage

• اِنْدْر جال (indr jāl, “trick, deception; magic”, literally “trap of Indra”)
• اِنْدْر دَھنُش (indr dhanuś, “rainbow”, literally “bow of Indra”)
• اِنْدْر کی پَری (indr kī parī, “beautiful woman; strange”, literally “Indra's fairy”)
• اِنْدْر لوک (indr lok, “heaven”, literally “realm of Indra”)

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनिद्र (anidra).

اَنِدْر • (anidr) (Hindi spelling अनिद्र)

1. awake
2. wakeful
3. sleepless

• “اندر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اندر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “اندر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “اندر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.