उदन्

See also: उदान

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উদন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬤᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• উদন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰟𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀤𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဥဒန် (Burmese script)
• ઉદન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਦਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌦𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦢꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂠𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಉದೝ (Kannada script)
• ឧទន៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຸທນ຺ (Lao script)
• ഉദന് (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡩᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘟𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢑᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦿𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐡𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଉଦନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢣꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆢𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖟𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• උදන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩭𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚛𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• உத³ந் (Tamil script)
• ఉదౝ (Telugu script)
• อุทนฺ (Thai script)
• ཨུ་ད་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒠𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨛𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wód-r̥ ~ *ud-né-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáH-r̥ ~ *ud-ná-s

Sanskrit उ॒दन्॑

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáH-r̥ ~ *ud-ná-s, from Proto-Indo-European *wód-r̥ ~ *ud-né-s, from *wed- + *-r̥. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), Latin unda, Hittite 𒉿𒀀𒋻 (wa-a-tar), Old Church Slavonic вода (voda), Old English wæter (whence English water). See also उदक (udaka), वार् (vār).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.dɐ́n/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.d̪ɐn̪/

Noun

उ॒दन्॑ • (udán) stem, n

1. water
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.65.4:

     आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा ह॒व्यजु॑ष्टिं घृ॒तैर् गव्यू॑तिम् उक्षत॒म् इळा॑भिः ।
     प्रति॑ वा॒म् अत्र॒ वर॒म् आ जना॑य पृणी॒तम् उ॒द्नो दि॒व्यस्य॒ चारोः॑ ॥

     ā́ no mitrāvaruṇā havyájuṣṭiṃ ghṛtáir gávyūtim ukṣatam íḷābhiḥ.
     práti vām átra váram ā́ jánāya pṛṇītám udnó divyásya cā́roḥ.

     Come, taste our offering, Varuṇa and Mitra: bedew our pasture with sweet food and fatness.
     Pour down in plenty here upon the people the choicest of your fair celestial water.

2. wave

Usage notes

In the Rigveda, the nom./acc.sg. is suppleted by वार् (vā́r).

Declension

Neuter an-stem declension of उ॒दन्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	उ॒द (udá)	उ॒द्नी (udnī́) उ॒दनी॑ (udánī)	उ॒दानि॑ (udā́ni) उ॒द¹ (udá¹) उ॒दा¹ (udā́¹)
accusative	उ॒द (udá)	उ॒द्नी (udnī́) उ॒दनी॑ (udánī)	उ॒दानि॑ (udā́ni) उ॒द¹ (udá¹) उ॒दा¹ (udā́¹)
instrumental	उ॒द्ना (udnā́)	उ॒दभ्या॑म् (udábhyām)	उ॒दभिः॑ (udábhiḥ)
dative	उ॒द्ने (udné)	उ॒दभ्या॑म् (udábhyām)	उ॒दभ्यः॑ (udábhyaḥ)
ablative	उ॒द्नः (udnáḥ)	उ॒दभ्या॑म् (udábhyām)	उ॒दभ्यः॑ (udábhyaḥ)
genitive	उ॒द्नः (udnáḥ)	उ॒द्नोः (udnóḥ)	उ॒द्नाम् (udnā́m)
locative	उ॒द्नि (udní) उ॒दनि॑ (udáni) उ॒दन्¹ (udán¹)	उ॒द्नोः (udnóḥ)	उ॒दसु॑ (udásu)
vocative	उद॑न् (údan) उद॑ (úda)	उद्नी॑ (údnī) उद॑नी (údanī)	उदा॑नि (údāni) उद॑¹ (úda¹) उदा॑¹ (údā¹)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• उदक (udaka)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: اودُر (ōdur, “wet”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “उदन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 183, column 3.
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2013), “The Vedic Paradigm for ‘water’”, in Adam Cooper, Jeremy Rau, and Michael Weiss, editors, Multi Nominis Grammaticus: Studies in Classical and Indo-European Linguistics in Honor Of Alan J. Nussbaum, on the Occasion of His Sixty-fifth Birthday, Beech Stave Press, →ISBN