See also: आदा and आद

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदि (ādi).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɑː.d̪iː/, [äː.d̪iː]

Noun edit

आदि (ādim

  1. beginning, source, origin

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Proper noun edit

आदि (ādim

  1. (Indian Classical Music) the name of a tala, having 8 matras split into 3 vibhags of 4, 2, and 2 matras, respectively
    Synonym: आदिताल (āditāl)

Adverb edit

आदि (ādi)

  1. et cetera, and so on

Adjective edit

आदि (ādi) (indeclinable)

  1. primitive, ancient
  2. original

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आदि m

  1. Devanagari script form of ādi (“beginning”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1], page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      ते च खो अक्खरापि अकारादयो एकचत्तालीसं सुत्तन्तेसु सोपकारा होन्ति, तं यथा :-
      Te ca kho akkharāpi akārādayo ekacattālīsaṃ suttantesu sopakārā honti, taṃ yathā :-
      And indeed as to the letters , there are forty one employed in the discourses; starting with 'a', they are:

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Etymology edit

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Noun edit

आदि (ādi) stemm

  1. beginning
  2. commencement

Declension edit

Masculine i-stem declension of आदि (ādi)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative आदिः
ādiḥ
आदी
ādī
आदयः
ādayaḥ
Vocative आदे
āde
आदी
ādī
आदयः
ādayaḥ
Accusative आदिम्
ādim
आदी
ādī
आदीन्
ādīn
Instrumental आदिना / आद्या¹
ādinā / ādyā¹
आदिभ्याम्
ādibhyām
आदिभिः
ādibhiḥ
Dative आदये
ādaye
आदिभ्याम्
ādibhyām
आदिभ्यः
ādibhyaḥ
Ablative आदेः / आद्यः¹
ādeḥ / ādyaḥ¹
आदिभ्याम्
ādibhyām
आदिभ्यः
ādibhyaḥ
Genitive आदेः / आद्यः¹
ādeḥ / ādyaḥ¹
आद्योः
ādyoḥ
आदीनाम्
ādīnām
Locative आदौ / आदा¹
ādau / ādā¹
आद्योः
ādyoḥ
आदिषु
ādiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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