एकाध

Hindi

Etymology

एक (ek, “one”) +‎ आध (ādh, “half”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /eː.kɑːd̪ʱ/, [eː.käːd̪ʱ]

Determiner

एकाध • (ekādh) (Urdu spelling ایک ادھ)

1. some, a couple, a few

   बैठक पे बस एकाध लोग आए, कुछ ख़ास नहीं हुआ।

   baiṭhak pe bas ekādh log āe, kuch xās nahī̃ huā.

   Only a few people came to the meeting, nothing much happened.

References

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