سڑک

See also: سرک, شرك, سرگ, and ش ر ك

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀲𑀟𑀺 (*saḍi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit सृति (sṛti, road, path). Cognate with Bengali সড়ক (śoṛok), Gujarati સડક (saḍak), Marathi सडक (saḍak), and Odia ସଡ଼କ (saṛaka).

Pronunciation

Noun

سَڑَک • (saṛakf (Hindi spelling सड़क)

  1. road

Declension

Declension of سڑک
singular plural
direct سڑک (saṛak) سڑکیں (saṛakẽ)
oblique سڑک (saṛak) سڑکوں (saṛakõ)
vocative سڑک (saṛak) سڑکو (saṛako)

Descendants

  • Maithili: सड़क (saṛak)
  • Nepali: सडक (saḍak)
  • Pashto: سړک (saṛak)
  • Persian: سرک (sarak)

References

  • سڑک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • سڑک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sr̥tí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu سڑک (saṛak).

Noun

سڑک (saṛak)

  1. road