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 (akhoṛa).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.kʰɑː.ɽɑː/, [ɐ.kʰäː.ɽäː]
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Noun

अखाड़ा • (akhāṛā) m (Urdu spelling اکھاڑا)

  1. wrestling-ground, arena
    Synonym: दंगल (daṅgal)
    पहलवान अखाड़े में कुश्ती कर रहे है।
    pahalvān akhāṛe mẽ kuśtī kar rahe hai.
    The wrestlers are fighting in the arena.
  2. (Hinduism) a kind of congregation of sadhus

Declension
Declension of अखाड़ा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct अखाड़ा
akhāṛā		 अखाड़े
akhāṛe
oblique अखाड़े
akhāṛe		 अखाड़ों
akhāṛõ
vocative अखाड़े
akhāṛe		 अखाड़ो
akhāṛo

Descendants
  • → Kashmiri: अकहार् (akahār)
  • → Marathi: आखाडा (ākhāḍā)
  • → Nepali: अखाड़ा (akhāṛā)
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