اڈیک

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit उद्देक्षा (uddēkṣā). Cognate with Nepali उदेक (udek), Kumaoni उदेख and Odia ଉଦେକ (udeka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʊ.ɖiːk/, [ʊ.ɖiːkᵊ]

Noun

اُڈِیک • (uḍīk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਉਡੀਕ)

1. expectation
2. wait; act of waiting

Declension

Declension of اڈیک
dir. sg.	اُڈِیک (uḍīk)
dir. pl.	اُڈِیکاں (uḍīkāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	اُڈِیک (uḍīk)	اُڈِیکاں (uḍīkāṉ)
oblique	اُڈِیک (uḍīk)	اُڈِیکاں (uḍīkāṉ)
vocative	اُڈِیکے (uḍīke)	اُڈِیکو (uḍīko)
ablative	اُڈِیکوں (uḍīkoṉ)	اُڈِیکاں (uḍīkāṉ)
locative	اُڈِیکی (uḍīkī)	اُڈِیکِیں (uḍīkīṉ)
instrumental	اُڈِیکِیں (uḍīkīṉ)	اُڈِیکے (uḍīke)

Verb

اُڈِیک • (uḍīk)

1. inflection of اُڈِیکݨا (uḍīkṇā, “to wait”):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular familiar imperative

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اُڈیک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “اڈیک”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਉਡੀਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*uddēkṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 93