اکڑ

Urdu

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit आकृ॑त (ā́kṛta)?
    Prakrit *𑀆𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (*ākkaḍa)
    Old Hindi اکڙ (akṛ)
    Urdu اَکَڑ (akaṛ)

    Inherited from Middle Hindi اکڙ (akṛ /⁠akaṛ⁠/) (c. 1679),[1] from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀆𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (*ākkaḍa).[2]

    Cognates

    Cognate with Punjabi آکَڑ / ਆਕੜ (ākaṛ), Pahari-Potwari آکَڑ (ākaṛ) and Marathi अकड (akaḍ).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    اَکَڑ • (akaṛ) f (Hindi spelling अकड़)

    1. verbal noun of اَکَڑْنا (akaṛnā)
      1. stiffness (state of being stiff; tightness)
      2. crookedness, twist, bend
    2. conceit, arrogance, vanity (excessive self-esteem; disregard for the opinions of others)

    Declension

    Declension of اکڑ
    singular plural
    direct اَکَڑ (akaṛ) اَکَڑیں (akaṛẽ)
    oblique اَکَڑ (akaṛ) اَکَڑوں (akaṛõ)
    vocative اَکَڑ (akaṛ) اَکَڑو (akaṛo)

    References

    1. ^ “اکڑ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ākkaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 45

    Further reading

    • “اکڑ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اکڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 67
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “اکڙ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 66
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “اَکر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 106
    • John Shakespear (1834) “اکڙ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 116
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