अलहदा

Hindi

Alternative forms

अलाहदा (alāhdā), अलाहिदा (alāhidā), अलैहिदा (alaihidā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَى حِدَة (ʕalā ḥida, “separately, by himself, by one’s own”, literally “on solitariness”). Compare Bengali আলাদা (alada).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.ləɦ.d̪ɑː/, [ɐ.lɛʱ.d̪äː]

Adjective

अलहदा • (alahdā) (Urdu spelling علحدہ)

different, various
Synonyms: अलग (alag), अलग-अलग (alag-alag)

Declension

Declension of *अलहदा* (ā-stem)
	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	अलहदा alahdā	अलहदे alahde	अलहदी alahdī	अलहदी alahdī
oblique	अलहदे alahde	अलहदे alahde	अलहदी alahdī	अलहदी alahdī
vocative	अलहदे alahde	अलहदे alahde	अलहदी alahdī	अलहदी alahdī

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अलहदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press