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

From the oblique stem of Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáHr̥ (the nominative splitting off into the synonym वार् (vār)), from Proto-Indo-European *wód-r̥ ~ *ud-né-s, from *wódr̥ (“water”). 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).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

उदन् • (udán) stem, n

1. water
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.65.4:

     आ नो मित्रावरुणा हव्यजुष्टिं घृतैर्गव्यूतिमुक्षतमिळाभिः ।
     प्रति वामत्र वरमा जनाय पृणीतम्उद्नो दिव्यस्य चारोः ॥

     ā no mitrāvaruṇā havyajuṣṭiṃ ghṛtairgavyūtimukṣatamiḷābhiḥ .
     prati vāmatra varamā janāya pṛṇītamudno divyasya cāroḥ .

     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

Derived terms

• उदक (udaka)

Related terms

• उदान (udāna)
• ओदन (odana)

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “उदन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 183.