अदला-बदली

Hindi

Alternative forms

• अदला-बदला (adlā-badlā), अदल-बदल (adal-badal)

Etymology

Reduplication of बदला (badlā, “a trade”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əd̪.lɑː.bəd̪.liː/, [ɐd̪.läː.bɐd̪.liː]

Noun

अदला-बदली • (adlā-badlī) m

1. exchange, swapping (giving to gain another)

   Synonym: हेर-फेर (her-pher)

Declension

Declension of अदला-बदली (sg-only masc ā-stem)

	singular
direct	अदला-बदली adlā-badlī
oblique	अदले-बदली adle-badlī
vocative	अदले-बदली adle-badlī

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अदला-बदली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press