सड़क

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sel-

Proto-Indo-European *ser-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *sar-

Proto-Indo-Aryan *sar-

Sanskrit सृ (sṛ)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Sanskrit -ति (-ti)

Sanskrit सृ॒ति (sṛtí)

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *सडक्क (saḍakka)

Hindi सड़क

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *सडक्क (saḍakka), from Sanskrit सृ॒ति (sṛtí, “road, path”). Cognate with Bengali সড়ক (śoṛok), Gujarati સડક (saḍak), Marathi सडक (saḍak), and Odia ସଡ଼କ (saṛaka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɽək/, [sɐ.ɽɐk]

• Audio (Delhi):

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Noun

सड़क • (saṛak) f (Urdu spelling سڑک)

1. road

   ये सड़क नदी तक जाती है।

   ye saṛak nadī tak jātī hai.

   This road leads to the river.

   आप किस सड़क पर रहते हैं?

   āp kis saṛak par rahte ha͠i?

   On which road do you live?

Declension

Declension of सड़क (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सड़क saṛak	सड़कें saṛakẽ
oblique	सड़क saṛak	सड़कों saṛakõ
vocative	सड़क saṛak	सड़को saṛako

Synonyms

• मार्ग (mārg) , पथ (path) , रास्ता (rāstā)

Descendants

Borrowed terms

• → Bhojpuri: saṛak

  Devanagari script: सड़क

  Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂚𑂍

• → Dari: سَرَک (sarak)
• → Maithili: saṛak

  Devanagari script: सड़क

  Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒛𑓃𑒏

• → Magahi: saṇṛak

  Devanagari script: संड़क

  Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂁𑂚𑂍

• → Nepali: सडक (saḍak)
• → Pashto: سٙړٙک (səṛək)
• → Sadri: saṇṛak

  Devanagari script: संड़क

  Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂁𑂚𑂍

• → Ushojo: سڑک (saṛak)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “सड़क”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “सड़क”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “सड़क”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sr̥tí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press