आधा
HindiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀕 (*addhaga), from Sanskrit अर्धक (ardhaka)[1][2]. Doublet of अर्धक (ardhak) and अर्ध (ardh).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
आधा • (ādhā) (Urdu spelling آدھا)
- half
- मुझे सिर्फ़ आधी बोतल पानी चाहिए।
- mujhe sirf ādhī botal pānī cāhie.
- I only want half a bottle of water.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of आधा (ā-stem)
NounEdit
आधा • (ādhā) m (Urdu spelling آدھا)[3]
DeclensionEdit
Declension of आधा (masc ā-stem)
Further readingEdit
- Śyamāsundara Dāsa, “आधा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, 1965–1975.
- Bahri, Hardev, “आधा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, 1989
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Tiwari, Bhola Nath, “आधा”, in A Practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, 1970
- “आधा”, in Rekhta Urdu Dictionary, Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2021.
- S. W. Fallon, “आधा”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., 1879
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley, “ardhá(644)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, 1969–1985
- ^ Platts, John Thompson, “आधा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co., 1884
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart, “आधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, 1993
SanskritEdit
Alternative scriptsEdit
Alternative scripts
- ᬆᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
- আধা (Assamese script)
- আধা (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌆𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
- આધા (Gujarati script)
- ꦄꦴꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
- អាធា (Khmer script)
- ಆಧಾ (Kannada script)
- ອາຘາ (Lao script)
- 𑘁𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
- အာဓာ (Burmese script)
- 𑐁𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଆଧା (Oriya script)
- ꢃꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ఆధా (Telugu script)
- อาธา (Thai script)
- ཨཱདྷཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
EtymologyEdit
From आ- (ā-) + धा (dhā, root).
PronunciationEdit
RootEdit
आधा • (ādhā)
- to place on, put down, deposit, put
- to impregnate, instil, impress (good sentiments)
- to apply, appoint
- to add (fuel to fire)
- to give or deposit in pledge, stake (money)
- to give, supply, lend, deliver
- to accept, receive
- to make, constitute, effect
- to keep, preserve, hold, possess, take
- to conceive, get children (as a woman)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Monier Williams, “आधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1899, OCLC 458052227, page 138.