अधेड़

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀯𑁂𑀟 (*addhaveḍa), from Sanskrit अर्ध (ardha, “half”) +‎ *वेड (veḍa) with the second term possibly related to वेला (velā, “time, occasion”). Cognate with Punjabi ਅਧੇੜ (adheṛ), Gujarati આધેડ (ādheḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱeːɽ/, [ɐ.d̪ʱeːɽ]

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Adjective

अधेड़ • (adheṛ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ادھیڑ)

1. middle-aged
   • 2024 March 27, Swadesh Deepak, Tamasha‎^[1], Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, page 9:

     वह अधेड़ उम्र का आदमी बड़ी देर से किसी सायेदार पेड़ की तलाश कर रहा है।

     vah adheṛ umra kā ādmī baṛī der se kisī sāyedār peṛ kī talāś kar rahā hai.

     The middle-aged man was looking for a shadow-giving tree from a long time.

Noun

अधेड़ • (adheṛ) m (Urdu spelling ادھیڑ)

1. a middle-aged person
   • 2006, Kantikumar Jain, जो कहूँगा सच कहूँगा, Vani Prakashan, →ISBN, page 146:

     मुक्तिबोध के मित्रों की मंडली संघर्ष कर रहे, छोटी-छोटी नौकरियाँ करने वाले, ईमानदार और वैचारिक निष्ठा वाले युवकों और अधेड़ों का समुदाय था।

     muktibodh ke mitrõ kī maṇḍlī saṅgharṣ kar rahe, choṭī-choṭī naukriyā̃ karne vāle, īmāndār aur vaicārik niṣṭhā vāle yuvkõ aur adheṛõ kā samudāy thā.

     Muktibodh's circle of friends was a community of youths and middle-aged people who were struggling, doing small jobs, honest and with ideological integrity.

Declension

Declension of अधेड़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अधेड़ adheṛ	अधेड़ adheṛ
oblique	अधेड़ adheṛ	अधेड़ों adheṛõ
vocative	अधेड़ adheṛ	अधेड़ो adheṛo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ardhavēḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 30