ادھکار

ادھکار

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra). Compare Old Marathi 𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkāra).

Noun

اَدِھکَارُ (adhikāru) m (Gurmukhi ਅਧਿਕਾਰੁ‎)

1. authority, power
   • 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 1412:

     رَامُ جُھرَئِی دَلَ میلَوَئِی اَنْتَرِ بَلُ اَدِھکَارْ‎

     rāmu jhurai dala melavai antari balu adhikāra

     • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

       Raam Chand, sad at heart, assembled his army and forces.

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਅਧਿਕਾਰ (adhikār)

  Shahmukhi: اَدھِیکار‎ (adhīkār)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011), “ਅਧਿਕਾਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 15.
• “ਅਧਿਕਾਰ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2023

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Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱɪ.kɑːɾ/
• Hyphenation: اَ‧دِھ‧کَارْ
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

اَدِھکَارْ • (adhikār) m (Hindi spelling अधिकार)

1. right
2. authority
3. jurisdiction

   Synonyms: اِخْتِیَارْ‎ (ixtiyār), حَقْ‎ (haq), دَعْوَیٰ‎ (dāvā), قَبْضْ‎ (qabz); see also Thesaurus:ادھکار

Related terms

• اَدھِکاری‎ (adhikārī)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “ادهکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 35
• “ادھکار”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.