अखाड़ा
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, “wrestling-ground”) (Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press). Compare Punjabi ਅਖਾਡ਼ਾ (akhāṛā) (likely a Hindi borrowing), Gujarati અખાડો (akhāḍo), Bengali আখড়া (akhoṛa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
अखाड़ा • (akhāṛā) m (Urdu spelling اکھاڑا)
- wrestling-ground, arena
- Synonym: दंगल (daṅgal)
- पहलवान अखाड़े में कुश्ती कर रहे है।
- pahalvān akhāṛe mẽ kuśtī kar rahe hai.
- The wrestlers are fighting in the arena.
- (Hinduism) a kind of congregation of sadhus
Declension edit
Declension of अखाड़ा (masc ā-stem)