उन्दुर

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • उन्दुरु (unduru), उन्दरु (undaru), इन्दूर (indūra), कुन्दु (kundu)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

With the above related forms, of substrate, probably Munda origin.[1][2]—compare Old Khmer kuntūra and Khmer កណ្ដុរ (kɑndol, mouse, rat).

Pronunciation

Noun

उन्दुर • (undura) stemm [3][4]

  1. a rat, mouse
    Synonym: मूष् (mūṣ)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of उन्दुर
singular dual plural
nominative उन्दुरः (unduraḥ) उन्दुरौ (undurau)
उन्दुरा¹ (undurā¹)
उन्दुराः (undurāḥ)
उन्दुरासः¹ (undurāsaḥ¹)
accusative उन्दुरम् (unduram) उन्दुरौ (undurau)
उन्दुरा¹ (undurā¹)
उन्दुरान् (undurān)
instrumental उन्दुरेण (undureṇa) उन्दुराभ्याम् (undurābhyām) उन्दुरैः (unduraiḥ)
उन्दुरेभिः¹ (undurebhiḥ¹)
dative उन्दुराय (undurāya) उन्दुराभ्याम् (undurābhyām) उन्दुरेभ्यः (undurebhyaḥ)
ablative उन्दुरात् (undurāt) उन्दुराभ्याम् (undurābhyām) उन्दुरेभ्यः (undurebhyaḥ)
genitive उन्दुरस्य (undurasya) उन्दुरयोः (undurayoḥ) उन्दुराणाम् (undurāṇām)
locative उन्दुरे (undure) उन्दुरयोः (undurayoḥ) उन्दुरेषु (undureṣu)
vocative उन्दुर (undura) उन्दुरौ (undurau)
उन्दुरा¹ (undurā¹)
उन्दुराः (undurāḥ)
उन्दुरासः¹ (undurāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Pali: उन्दुर (undura)
  • Prakrit: उंदुर (uṃdura), उंदर (uṃdara), ओंदुर (oṃdura), इंदुर (iṃdura)

References

  1. ^ Kuiper, F. B. J. (1948), Proto-Munda Words In Sanskrit[1], Amsterdam: N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, page 27
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 105
  3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “undura”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  4. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “उन्दुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0193.