اڑان

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀸𑀡 (uḍḍāṇa), from Sanskrit उड्डयन (uḍḍayana). Cognate with Nepali उडान (uḍān), Punjabi ਉਡਾਣ (uḍāṇ) / اُڈاݨ‎ (uḍāṇ), Gujarati ઉડ્ડાન (uḍḍān), ઉડ્ડાણ (uḍḍāṇ), Marathi उड्डाण (uḍḍāṇ), Marwari उडांण (uḍāṇṇ) / 𑅒𑅠𑅧𑅢 (uḍnṇ), Oriya ଉଡ଼ାଣ (uṛaṇô). By surface analysis, اُڑْنَا‎ (uṛnā, “to fly”) +‎ ـان‎ (-ān).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊ.ɽɑːn/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ʊ.ɽɑːn/
• Hyphenation: اُ‧ڑَان
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

اُڑَان • (uṛān) f (Hindi spelling उड़ान)

1. flight

   Synonym: پَرْوَاز‎ (parvāz)

• اُڑْنَا‎ (uṛnā)
• اُڑَانَا‎ (uṛānā)

• “اڑان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اڑنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 48
• Platts, John T. (1884), “اڙان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 43
• “اڑان”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “uḍḍayana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 77