اندرون

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾndlwn' /⁠andarōn⁠/, “inside, within”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔan.da.ɾuːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ä.ɾuːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ä.ɾuːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ä.ɾuːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ä.ɾun]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæn̪.d̪æ.ɹuːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän̪.d̪ä.ɾun]

Readings
Classical reading?	andarūn
Dari reading?	andarūn
Iranian reading?	andarun
Tajik reading?	andarun

Noun

اندرون • (andarun)

1. Archaic and poetic form of درون (darun)

Related terms

• اندر (andar)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اَنْدَرُون (andarūn)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ən.d̪ə.ɾuːn/

Adjective

اَنْدَرُون • (andarūn) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling अंदरून)

1. domestic, inland (as opposed to international)
2. (urban studies) inner, old (part of a city)

Noun

اَنْدَرُون • (andarūn) f (Hindi spelling अंदरून)

1. the interior
2. (anatomy) abdomen, heart

Further reading

• “اندرون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اندرون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “اندرون”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]