उड़ना

See also: उड़ान and उड़ाना

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit उड्डयते (uḍḍayate). Cognate with Punjabi ਉਡਣਾ (uḍaṇā), Nepali उड्नु (uḍnu), Gujarati ઊડવું (ūḍavũ), Marathi उडणे (uḍṇe), Assamese উৰা (ura).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊɽ.nɑː/, [ʊɽ.näː]

Verb

उड़ना • (uṛnā) (intransitive, Urdu spelling اڑنا)

1. to fly, soar, glide

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   मुझे आकाश में उड़ना है!

   mujhe ākāś mẽ uṛnā hai!

   I want to fly in the sky!

2. (of an airplane) to take off
3. to dim, fuse

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   मेरे कमरे का बल्ब फिर से उड़ गया।

   mere kamre kā balb phir se uṛ gayā.

   The light in my room fused again.

4. to explode, be bombed

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   गैस लीक के वजह से इमारत उड़ गई।

   gais līk ke vajah se imārat uṛ gaī.

   The building exploded due to the gas leak.

Related terms

• उड़ान (uṛān)

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “उड़ना”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “उड़ना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uḍḍīyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press