सड़क

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀲𑀟𑀺 (*saḍi) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit सृति (sṛti, “road, path”). Cognate with Bengali সড়ক (śoṛok), Gujarati સડક (saḍak), Marathi सडक (saḍak), and Odia ସଡ଼କ (saṛaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sə.ɽək/, [sɐ.ɽɐk]

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Noun

सड़क • (saṛak) f (Urdu spelling سڑک)

1. road

   ये सड़क नदी तक जाती है।

   ye saṛak nadī tak jātī hai.

   This road leads to the river.

   आप किस सड़क पर रहते हैं?

   āp kis saṛak par rahte ha͠i?

   On which road do you live?

Declension

Declension of सड़क (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सड़क saṛak	सड़कें saṛakẽ
oblique	सड़क saṛak	सड़कों saṛakõ
vocative	सड़क saṛak	सड़को saṛako

Synonyms

• मार्ग (mārg)

Descendants

• → Maithili: सड़क (saṛak)
• → Nepali: सडक (saḍak)
• → Pashto: سړک (saṛak)
• → Dari: سرک (sarak)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “सड़क”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सड़क”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सड़क”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sr̥tí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press