अवरोध

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अवरोध (avarodha); equivalent to अव- (av-) +‎ रोध (rodh). Doublet of औंहर (a͠uhar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /əʋ.ɾoːd̪ʱ/, [ɐʋ.ɾoːd̪ʱ]

Noun

अवरोध • (avrodh) m

1. obstruction, blockage

   Synonyms: प्रतिरोध (pratirodh), बाधा (bādhā)

2. restriction

Declension

Declension of अवरोध (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अवरोध avrodh	अवरोध avrodh
oblique	अवरोध avrodh	अवरोधों avrodhõ
vocative	अवरोध avrodh	अवरोधो avrodho

References

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