आड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

From Prakrit *अड्ड (aḍḍa), probably from Dravidian.[1] Cognate with Gujarati આડું (āḍũ).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.ɽɑː/, [äː.ɽäː]

Adjective

आड़ा • (āṛā)

  1. crooked, diagonal, slanted
    Synonyms: तिरछा (tirchā), टेढ़ा (ṭeṛhā)

Declension

Declension of आड़ा (ā-stem)
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct आड़ा
āṛā
आड़े
āṛe
आड़ी
āṛī
आड़ी
āṛī
oblique आड़े
āṛe
आड़े
āṛe
आड़ी
āṛī
आड़ी
āṛī
vocative आड़े
āṛe
आड़े
āṛe
आड़ी
āṛī
आड़ी
āṛī

Derived terms

References

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

Further reading