आड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

From Prakrit *अड्ड (aḍḍa), probably from Dravidian. Cognate with Gujarati આડું (āḍũ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɽɑː/, [äː.ɽäː]

Adjective

आड़ा • (āṛā)

1. crooked, diagonal, slanted

   Synonyms: तिरछा (tirchā), टेढ़ा (ṭeṛhā)

Declension

Declension of आड़ा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	आड़ा āṛā	आड़े āṛe	आड़ी āṛī	आड़ी āṛī
oblique	आड़े āṛe	आड़े āṛe	आड़ी āṛī	आड़ी āṛī
vocative	आड़े āṛe	आड़े āṛe	आड़ी āṛī	आड़ी āṛī

Derived terms

• आड़ा-तिरछा (āṛā-tirchā)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “आड़ा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.