आधार
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आधार (ādhāra).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.d̪ʱɑːɾ/, [äː.d̪ʱäːɾ]
Noun
आधार • (ādhār) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | आधार ādhār |
आधार ādhār |
| oblique | आधार ādhār |
आधारों ādhārõ |
| vocative | आधार ādhār |
आधारो ādhāro |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আধাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬥᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- আধার (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰠𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀥𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- အာဓာရ (Burmese script)
- આધાર (Gujarati script)
- ਆਧਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌧𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦣꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂡𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಧಾರ (Kannada script)
- អាធារ (Khmer script)
- ອາຘາຣ (Lao script)
- ആധാര (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᢡᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘠𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑧀𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐢𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଆଧାର (Odia script)
- ꢃꢤꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆣𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖠𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- ආධාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩮𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚜𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- ஆத⁴ார (Tamil script)
- ఆధార (Telugu script)
- อาธาร (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་དྷཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒡𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨜𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
आ- (ā-, “ad-”) + धार (dhāra, “holding, supporting”), the latter from the root धृ (dhṛ, “to hold”).
Noun
आधार • (ādhāra) stem, m
- support, prop, stay, substratum, bottom
- the power of sustaining, or the support given, aid, patronage
- that which contains (a fluid etc.), a vessel, receptacle
- a dike, dam
- a basin round the foot of a tree
- a reservoir, pond
- (philosophy) comprehension, location, the sense of the locative case
- the subject in a sentence (of which qualities etc. are affirmed)
- foundation, basis
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आधारः (ādhāraḥ) | आधारौ (ādhārau) | आधाराः (ādhārāḥ) |
| accusative | आधारम् (ādhāram) | आधारौ (ādhārau) | आधारान् (ādhārān) |
| instrumental | आधारेन (ādhārena) | आधाराभ्याम् (ādhārābhyām) | आधारैः (ādhāraiḥ) |
| dative | आधाराय (ādhārāya) | आधाराभ्याम् (ādhārābhyām) | आधारेभ्यः (ādhārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आधारात् (ādhārāt) | आधाराभ्याम् (ādhārābhyām) | आधारेभ्यः (ādhārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आधारस्य (ādhārasya) | आधारयोः (ādhārayoḥ) | आधारानाम् (ādhārānām) |
| locative | आधारे (ādhāre) | आधारयोः (ādhārayoḥ) | आधारेषु (ādhāreṣu) |
| vocative | आधार (ādhāra) | आधारौ (ādhārau) | आधाराः (ādhārāḥ) |
Descendants
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “आधार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 138/3, 139/1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “ādhāra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.