ઉંદર

Gujarati

Etymology

From Sanskrit उन्दुर (undura), उन्दुरु (unduru), उन्दरु (undaru), etc. from a lost Vedic substrate language[1]. Compare Marathi उंदीर (undīr), Konkani उंदिर (undir), Hindi इंदुर (indur), Bengali ইঁদুর (ĩdur), Assamese এন্দুৰ (endur), Sylheti ꠃꠘ꠆ꠖꠥꠞ (undur).

Noun

ઉંદર • (undar) m (plural ઉંદરો)

  1. mouse

References
  1. Kuiper, F. B. J. (1948) Proto-Munda Words In Sanskrit, Amsterdam: N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, page 27

Further reading
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “undura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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