उडु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

উডু (Assamese script)
ᬉᬟᬸ (Balinese script)
উডু (Bengali script)
𑰄𑰚𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀉𑀟𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ဥဍု (Burmese script)
ઉડુ (Gujarati script)
ਉਡੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌉𑌡𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦈꦝꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂇𑂙𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಉಡು (Kannada script)
ឧឌុ (Khmer script)
ອຸຑຸ (Lao script)
ഉഡു (Malayalam script)
ᡠᡷᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘄𑘚𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠤᢎᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑦤𑦺𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐄𑐜𑐸 (Newa script)
ଉଡୁ (Odia script)
ꢆꢞꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆇𑆝𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖄𑖚𑖲 (Siddham script)
උඩු (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩒𑩨𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚄𑚖𑚰 (Takri script)
உடு³ (Tamil script)
ఉడు (Telugu script)
อุฑุ (Thai script)
ཨུ་ཌུ (Tibetan script)
𑒅𑒛𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨃𑨖𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From उडुप (uḍupa); ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥tupa- (“guardian of the right time”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /u.ɖu/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /u.ɖu/

Noun

उडु • (uḍu) stem, f

star
moon

Descendants

→ Malayalam: ഉഡു (uḍu)

References

Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “उडु”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
Monier Williams (1899) “उडु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956–1980) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag