Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit आधार (ādhāra).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.d̪ʱɑːɾ/, [äː.d̪ʱäːɾ]

Noun edit

आधार (ādhārm

  1. basis, foundation

Declension edit

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

आ- (ā-, ad-) +‎ धार (dhāra, holding, supporting), the latter from the root धृ (dhṛ, to hold).

Noun edit

आधार (ādhāra) stemm

  1. support, prop, stay, substratum, bottom
  2. the power of sustaining, or the support given, aid, patronage
  3. that which contains (a fluid etc.), a vessel, receptacle
  4. a dike, dam
  5. a basin round the foot of a tree
  6. a reservoir, pond
  7. (philosophy) comprehension, location, the sense of the locative case
  8. the subject in a sentence (of which qualities etc. are affirmed)
  9. foundation, basis

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of आधार
Nom. sg. आधारः (ādhāraḥ)
Gen. sg. आधारस्य (ādhārasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative आधारः (ādhāraḥ) आधारौ (ādhārau) आधाराः (ādhārāḥ)
Vocative आधार (ādhāra) 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)

Descendants edit

  • Pali: ādhāra
  • Punjabi: ਆਧਾਰ (ādhār, nourishment)
  • Hindi: आधार (ādhār)
  • Tamil: ஆதாரம் (ātāram)

Further reading edit