अखाड़ा
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, “wrestling-ground”) (Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press). Compare Punjabi ਅਖਾਡ਼ਾ (akhāṛā) (likely a Hindi borrowing), Gujarati અખાડો (akhāḍo), Bengali আখড়া (akhôṛa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.kʰɑː.ɽɑː/, [ə.kʰäː.ɽäː]
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Noun
अखाड़ा • (akhāṛā) m (Urdu spelling اکھاڑا)
- wrestling-ground, arena
- पहलवान अखाड़े में कुश्ती कर रहे है।
- pahalvān akhāṛe mẽ kuśtī kar rahe hai.
- The wrestlers are fighting in the arena.
- Synonym: दंगल (daṅgal)
- (Hinduism) a kind of congregation of sadhus
Declension
Declension of अखाड़ा (masc ā-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | अखाड़ा akhāṛā | अखाड़े akhāṛe |
oblique | अखाड़े akhāṛe | अखाड़ों akhāṛõ |
vocative | अखाड़े akhāṛe | अखाड़ो akhāṛo |
Descendants
- → Marathi: आखाडा (ākhāḍā)
- → Nepali: अखाड़ा (akhāṛā)