ادھار

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸𑀭 (uddhāra), from Sanskrit उद्धार (uddhārá, “act of raising”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʊ.d̪ʱɑːɾ/
Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
Hyphenation: اُ‧دھار

Noun

اُدھار • (udhār) m (Hindi spelling उधार)

borrowing; loan (typically short term, and usually more in familiar contexts)
Synonym: قَرْضَہ (qarza, “debt; loan”)

Declension

Declension of **ادھار**
	singular	plural
direct	اُدھار (udhār)	اُدھار (udhār)
oblique	اُدھار (udhār)	اُدھاروں (udhārõ)
vocative	اُدھار (udhār)	اُدھارو (udhāro)

Further reading

“ادھار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“ادھار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ادھار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uddhārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 94