अधिकार

See also: अंधकार and अधिकारी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra). Equivalent to अधि- (adhi-, “encompassing”) +‎ कार (kār, “work”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱɪ.kɑːɾ/, [ɐ.d̪ʱɪ.käːɾ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār) m (Urdu spelling ادھکار)

right, prerogative
Synonym: हक़ (haq)

तुम्हें दख़ल देने का कोई अधिकार नहीं है।
tumhẽ daxal dene kā koī adhikār nahī̃ hai.
You have no right to interfere.
authority
पुलिस को गिरफ़्तार करने का अधिकार है।
pulis ko giraftār karne kā adhikār hai.
The police have the authority to arrest.
power
उसके अधिकार घटा दिए गये हैं
uske adhikār ghaṭā die gaye ha͠i
His powers have been curtailed.

Declension

Declension of *अधिकार* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	अधिकार adhikār	अधिकार adhikār
oblique	अधिकार adhikār	अधिकारों adhikārõ
vocative	अधिकार adhikār	अधिकारो adhikāro

Related terms

अधिकारी (adhikārī)

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkāra), from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱi.kaɾ/

Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār) m

right
Synonym: हक्क (hakka)

त्याचा ह्या मालमत्तेवर अधिकार नाही।
tyācā hyā mālmattevar adhikār nāhī.
He has no right over this property.
authority, power
कायदेशीर अधिकार ― kāydeśīr adhikār ― Legal authority
public charge, public employment

Declension

Declension of अधिकार (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	अधिकार adhikāra
direct plural	अधिकार adhikāra
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अधिकार adhikāra	अधिकार adhikāra
oblique सामान्यरूप	अधिकारा adhikāraā	अधिकारां- adhikāraān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अधिकाराला adhikāraālā	अधिकारांना adhikāraānnā
ergative	अधिकाराने, अधिकारानं adhikāraāne, adhikāraāna	अधिकारांनी adhikāraānnī
instrumental	अधिकाराशी adhikāraāśī	अधिकारांशी adhikāraānśī
locative सप्तमी	अधिकारात adhikāraāt	अधिकारांत adhikāraāt
vocative संबोधन	अधिकारा adhikāraā	अधिकारांनो adhikāraānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अधिकार (masc cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अधिकाराचा adhikāraāċā	अधिकाराचे adhikāraāċe	अधिकाराची adhikāraācī	अधिकाराच्या adhikāraācā	अधिकाराचे, अधिकाराचं adhikāraāċe, adhikāraāċa	अधिकाराची adhikāraācī	अधिकाराच्या adhikāraācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अधिकारांचा adhikāraānċā	अधिकारांचे adhikāraānċe	अधिकारांची adhikāraāñcī	अधिकारांच्या adhikāraāncā	अधिकारांचे, अधिकारांचं adhikāraānċe, adhikāraānċa	अधिकारांची adhikāraāñcī	अधिकारांच्या adhikāraāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अधिकार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “अधिकार”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʌd̪ikär]
Phonetic Devanagari: अदिकार्

Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār)

right, authority, power
possession

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

adhikāra (Latin script)
𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
অধিকার (Bengali script)
අධිකාර (Sinhalese script)
အဓိကာရ or ဢꩪိၵႃရ (Burmese script)
อธิการ or อะธิการะ (Thai script)
ᩋᨵᩥᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
ອຘິກາຣ or ອະຘິກາຣະ (Lao script)
អធិការ (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄙𑄨𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

अधिकार m

Devanagari script form of adhikāra (“management; chapter”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 254; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
  काले इच्चेतं अस्हिकारत्थं वेदितब्बं॥
  Kāle iccetaṃ adhikāratthaṃ veditabbaṃ.
  Note that time when is the purpose of the section

Declension

Declension table of "अधिकार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अधिकारो (adhikāro)	अधिकारा (adhikārā)
Accusative (second)	अधिकारं (adhikāraṃ)	अधिकारे (adhikāre)
Instrumental (third)	अधिकारेन (adhikārena)	अधिकारेहि (adhikārehi) or अधिकारेभि (adhikārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	अधिकारस्स (adhikārassa) or अधिकाराय (adhikārāya) or अधिकारत्थं (adhikāratthaṃ)	अधिकारानं (adhikārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अधिकारस्मा (adhikārasmā) or अधिकारम्हा (adhikāramhā) or अधिकारा (adhikārā)	अधिकारेहि (adhikārehi) or अधिकारेभि (adhikārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अधिकारस्स (adhikārassa)	अधिकारानं (adhikārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अधिकारस्मिं (adhikārasmiṃ) or अधिकारम्हि (adhikāramhi) or अधिकारे (adhikāre)	अधिकारेसु (adhikāresu)
Vocative (calling)	अधिकार (adhikāra)	अधिकारा (adhikārā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

অধিকাৰ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬥᬶᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
অধিকার (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰠𑰰𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
အဓိကာရ (Burmese script)
અધિકાર (Gujarati script)
ਅਧਿਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌧𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦣꦶꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂡𑂱𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಅಧಿಕಾರ (Kannada script)
អធិការ (Khmer script)
ອຘິກາຣ (Lao script)
അധികാര (Malayalam script)
ᠠᢡᡳᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘠𑘱𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠠᢑᠾᠢᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧀𑧒𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐢𑐶𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
ଅଧିକାର (Odia script)
ꢂꢤꢶꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆣𑆴𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖠𑖰𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
අධිකාර (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩮𑩑𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚜𑚮𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
அதி⁴கார (Tamil script)
అధికార (Telugu script)
อธิการ (Thai script)
ཨ་དྷི་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒡𑒱𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨜𑨁𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अधि- (adhi-) +‎ कृ (kṛ).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dʱi.kɑː.ɾɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d̪ʱi.kɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

अधिकार • (adhikāra) stem, m

authority
government, rule, administration, jurisdiction
royalty, prerogative
title
rank
office
claim, right, especially to perform sacrifices with benefit
privilege, ownership
property
reference, relation
topic, subject
paragraph or minor section
(grammar) government, a governing-rule (the influence of which over any number of succeeding rules is called अनुवृत्ति (anu-vṛtti))

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अधिकार
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अधिकारः (adhikāraḥ)	अधिकारौ (adhikārau) अधिकारा¹ (adhikārā¹)	अधिकाराः (adhikārāḥ) अधिकारासः¹ (adhikārāsaḥ¹)
accusative	अधिकारम् (adhikāram)	अधिकारौ (adhikārau) अधिकारा¹ (adhikārā¹)	अधिकारान् (adhikārān)
instrumental	अधिकारेण (adhikāreṇa)	अधिकाराभ्याम् (adhikārābhyām)	अधिकारैः (adhikāraiḥ) अधिकारेभिः¹ (adhikārebhiḥ¹)
dative	अधिकाराय (adhikārāya)	अधिकाराभ्याम् (adhikārābhyām)	अधिकारेभ्यः (adhikārebhyaḥ)
ablative	अधिकारात् (adhikārāt)	अधिकाराभ्याम् (adhikārābhyām)	अधिकारेभ्यः (adhikārebhyaḥ)
genitive	अधिकारस्य (adhikārasya)	अधिकारयोः (adhikārayoḥ)	अधिकाराणाम् (adhikārāṇām)
locative	अधिकारे (adhikāre)	अधिकारयोः (adhikārayoḥ)	अधिकारेषु (adhikāreṣu)
vocative	अधिकार (adhikāra)	अधिकारौ (adhikārau) अधिकारा¹ (adhikārā¹)	अधिकाराः (adhikārāḥ) अधिकारासः¹ (adhikārāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: adhikāra
→ Gujarati: અધિકાર (adhikār)
→ Hindi: अधिकार (adhikār)
→ Kannada: ಅಧಿಕಾರ (adhikāra)
→ Classical Malay: اديقارا (adikara)
- Indonesian: adikara
→ Odia: ଅଧିକାର (adhikāra)
→ Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkāra)
- Marathi: अधिकार (adhikār)
→ Punjabi: ਅਧਿਕਾਰ (adhikār)
→ Tamil: அதிகாரம் (atikāram)
→ Telugu: అధికారము (adhikāramu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अधिकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0020.

Hindi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Nepali

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Descendants

References