आधिपत्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आधिपत्य (ādhipatya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪ʱɪ.pət̪.jᵊ/, [äː.d̪ʱɪ.pɐt̪.jᵊ]

Noun

आधिपत्य • (ādhipatya) m

1. power, hegemony, authority

   Synonym: अधिकार (adhikār)

2. rule, control; sovereignty (of a state etc.)

   Synonyms: प्रभुता (prabhutā), प्रभुत्व (prabhutva)

Declension

Declension of आधिपत्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आधिपत्य ādhipatya	आधिपत्य ādhipatya
oblique	आधिपत्य ādhipatya	आधिपत्यों ādhipatyõ
vocative	आधिपत्य ādhipatya	आधिपत्यो ādhipatyo

References

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