अखाड़ा
Hindi
Etymology
From Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, “wrestling-ground”) (Ralph Lilley Turner, CDIAL). Compare Punjabi ਅਖਾਡ਼ਾ (akhāḍ਼ā) (likely a Hindi borrowing), Gujarati અખાડો (akhāḍo), Bengali আখড়া (akhṛa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ə.kʰɑː.ɽɑː/
Noun
अखाड़ा • (akhāṛā) m
- wrestling-ground, arena
- पहलवान अखाड़े में कुश्ती कर रहे है।
- pahalvān akhāṛe mẽ kuśtī kar rahe hai.
- The wrestlers are fighting in the arena.
- Synonym: दंगल (daṅgal)
- (Hinduism) a kind of congregation of sadhus
Declension
| Declension of अखाड़ा | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Direct | अखाड़ा (akhāṛā) | अखाड़े (akhāṛe) |
| Oblique | अखाड़े (akhāṛe) | अखाड़ों (akhāṛõ) |
| Vocative | अखाड़े (akhāṛe) | अखाड़ो (akhāṛo) |
Descendants
- → Marathi: आखाडा (ākhāḍā)
- → Nepali: अखाड़ा (akhāṛā)
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