आदर्श

आदर्श

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदर्श (ādarśa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪əɾʃ/, [äː.d̪əɾʃ]

Adjective

आदर्श • (ādarś) (indeclinable)

1. perfect, ideal, model

Noun

आदर्श • (ādarś) m

1. model, exemplar
2. an ideal

Declension

Declension of आदर्श (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आदर्श ādarś	आदर्श ādarś
oblique	आदर्श ādarś	आदर्शों ādarśõ
vocative	आदर्श ādarś	आदर्शो ādarśo

Derived terms

• आदर्शवाद (ādarśavād)
  • आदर्शवादी (ādarśavādī)
• कल्पनादर्श (kalpanādarś)

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬆᬤᬃᬰ (Balinese script)
• আদৰ্শ (Assamese script)
• আদর্শ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰟𑰨𑰿𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀤𑀭𑁆𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌆𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶 (Grantha script)
• આદર્શ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਦਰੑਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦴꦢꦂꦯ (Javanese script)
• អាទឝ៌ (Khmer script)
• ಆದರ್ಶ (Kannada script)
• ອາທຣ຺ຨ (Lao script)
• ആദര്ശ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘁𑘟𑘨𑘿𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢑᠠᠷᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡩᠠᡵᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• အာဒရ္ၐ (Burmese script)
• 𑦡𑦿𑧈𑧠𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐡𑐬𑑂𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଆଦର୍ଶ (Oriya script)
• ꢃꢣꢬ꣄ꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆢𑆫𑇀𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖟𑖨𑖿𑖫 (Siddham script)
• ආදර්ශ (Sinhalese script)
• ఆదర్శ (Telugu script)
• อาทรฺศ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ད་རྴ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒠𑒩𑓂𑒬 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-, “near; in this direction”, verbal prefix) +‎ दृश् (dṛś, “to see; to perceive”, root) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalisation suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.dɐɾ.ɕɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈd̪ɐɾ.ɕɐ/

Noun

आदर्श • (ādarśá) m

1. mirror
   1. (by extension) commentary (a work that serves to illustrate)
2. the original of a document of manuscript
   1. (by extension) type; model; pattern

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आदर्श (ādarśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आदर्शः ādarśáḥ	आदर्शौ ādarśaú	आदर्शाः / आदर्शासः¹ ādarśā́ḥ / ādarśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	आदर्श ā́darśa	आदर्शौ ā́darśau	आदर्शाः / आदर्शासः¹ ā́darśāḥ / ā́darśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आदर्शम् ādarśám	आदर्शौ ādarśaú	आदर्शान् ādarśā́n
Instrumental	आदर्शेन ādarśéna	आदर्शाभ्याम् ādarśā́bhyām	आदर्शैः / आदर्शेभिः¹ ādarśaíḥ / ādarśébhiḥ¹
Dative	आदर्शाय ādarśā́ya	आदर्शाभ्याम् ādarśā́bhyām	आदर्शेभ्यः ādarśébhyaḥ
Ablative	आदर्शात् ādarśā́t	आदर्शाभ्याम् ādarśā́bhyām	आदर्शेभ्यः ādarśébhyaḥ
Genitive	आदर्शस्य ādarśásya	आदर्शयोः ādarśáyoḥ	आदर्शानाम् ādarśā́nām
Locative	आदर्शे ādarśé	आदर्शयोः ādarśáyoḥ	आदर्शेषु ādarśéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Oriya: ଅଦର୍ଶ (ôdôrśô)
• Tamil: ஆதரிசம் (ātaricam)
• Telugu: ఆదర్శము (ādarśamu)
• Marathi: आदर्श (ādarśa)
• Hindi: अदर्श (adarś), आदर्श (ādarś)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “आदर्शः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 330
• Monier Williams (1899), “Ā-darṡa”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 138/1.