ادھکار

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

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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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