ادوان
Urdu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- اَدْوائِن (advāin)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Punjabi اَدْواݨ / ਅਦਵਾਣ (advāṇ), from Sanskrit *अन्तदामनी (antadāmanī).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /əd̪.ʋɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
- Hyphenation: اَدْ‧وان
Noun
[edit]اَدْوان • (advān) f (Hindi spelling अदवान)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَدْوان (advān) | اَدْوانیں (advānẽ) |
| oblique | اَدْوان (advān) | اَدْوانوں (advānõ) |
| vocative | اَدْوان (advān) | اَدْوانو (advāno) |
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*antadāmanī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 16
Further reading
[edit]- “ادوان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ادوان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ادوان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.