अंडे

See also: अंडा and अंडें

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀟𑀬 (aṃḍaya) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)) (compare Old Marathi 𑘀𑘽𑘚𑘕 (aṃḍaja, “egg-born”)), from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍá), आण्ड (āṇḍá), or अण्डक (aṇḍaka). Compare Konkani अंडें (aṇḍẽ), Gujarati ઈંડું (ī̃ḍũ), Hindustani اَنْڈَا (anḍā) / अंडा (aṇḍā), Sindhi آنو / आनो, Punjabi ਆਂਡਾ (āṇḍā), Nepali अण्डा (aṇḍā), Bengali আণ্ডা (anḍa), এণ্ডা (enḍa).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /əɳ.ɖe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /əɳ.ɖə/

Noun

अंडे • (aṇḍe) n

1. egg

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “अंडे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अंडें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अंडें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āṇḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press