ادھکار

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

اَدِھکَارْ • (adhikār) m (Hindi spelling अधिकार)

1. right
2. authority
3. jurisdiction

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

Related terms

• اَدھِکاری (adhikārī)

Further reading

• 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, 2025.