अखाड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit अ॒क्ष (akṣá)
    Sanskrit वाट (vāṭa)
    Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa)
    Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀟𑀬 (akkhāḍaya)
    Hindi अखाड़ा (akhāṛā)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀟𑀬 (akkhāḍaya), from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa), अक्षपाट (akṣapāṭa, “wrestling-ground”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[1] Compare Punjabi ਅਖਾਡ਼ਾ (akhāṛā) (likely a Hindi borrowing), Gujarati અખાડો (akhāḍo), Bengali আখড়া (akhoṛa).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) 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)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akṣavāṭa-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 2
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