ادھکار

Old Punjabi edit

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Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra). Compare Old Marathi 𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkāra).

Noun edit

اَدِھکَارُ (adhikāru) m (Gurmukhi ਅਧਿਕਾਰੁ)

authority, power
- 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 1412:
  رَامُ جُھرَئِی دَلَ میلَوَئِی اَنْتَرِ بَلُ اَدِھکَارْ
  rāmu jhurai dala melavai antari balu adhikāra
  1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
  Raam Chand, sad at heart, assembled his army and forces.

Descendants edit

Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਅਧਿਕਾਰ (adhikār)

Shahmukhi script: اَدھِیکار (adhīkār)

Further reading edit

Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਅਧਿਕਾਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 15.
“ਅਧਿਕਾਰ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱɪ.kɑːɾ/
Hyphenation: اَ‧دِھ‧کَارْ
Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun edit

اَدِھکَارْ • (adhikār) m (Hindi spelling अधिकार)

right
authority
jurisdiction
Synonyms: اِخْتِیَارْ (ixtiyār), حَقْ (haq), دَعْوَیٰ (dāvā), قَبْضْ (qabz); see also Thesaurus:ادھکار

Related terms edit

اَدھِکاری (adhikārī)

Further reading edit

Platts, John T. (1884) “ادهکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 35
“ادھکار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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