ऊधर्

• ऊधस् (ū́dhas) — later Sanskrit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁úHdʰr̥ (“udder”). Cognate with Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber, Old English ūder (whence English udder).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /úː.dʱɐɾ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.d̪ʱɐɾ/

ऊधर् • (ū́dhar) n

1. (Vedic) the udder of any female, breast, bosom

   Synonym: स्तन (stána)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.107.5:

     दुहान ऊधर्दिव्यं मधु प्रियं प्रत्नं सधस्थमासदत् ।

     duhāna ūdhardivyaṃ madhu priyaṃ pratnaṃ sadhasthamāsadat .

     Milking the heavenly udder for dear meath, he hath sat in the ancient gathering place.

In classical Sanskrit the stem उधन् (udhan) appears only in the feminine of an adjective compound, while the original heteroclitic r/n paradigm has been preserved in Vedic; compare nominative and genitive singular ऊधर् (ū́dhar) ~ ऊधन् (ū́dhnas).