આધેડ

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀯𑁂𑀟 (*addhaveḍa), from Sanskrit अर्ध (ardha, “half”) +‎ *वेड (*veḍa) with the second term possibly related to वेला (velā, “time, occasion”). Cognate with Punjabi ਅਧੇੜ (adheṛ), Hindustani ادھیڑ / अधेड़ (adheṛ).

આધેડ • (ādheḍ)

1. middle-aged

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ardhavēḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 30
• “આધેડ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.