अड्डा

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əɖ.ɖɑː/, [ɐɖ̚.ɖäː]

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Noun

अड्डा • (aḍḍā) m (Urdu spelling اڈہ)

1. a place or an area serving a particular purpose
   1. meeting place

      बदमाशों का अड्डा ― badmāśõ kā aḍḍā ― meeting place of ruffians

   2. working place or site
   3. stall (vendors')
   4. center
   5. stand, station (vehicles')

      बस अड्डा ― bas aḍḍā ― bus stand

      Synonym: केंद्र (kendra)

   6. airfield, airport

      विमान अड्डा ― vimān aḍḍā ― airport

   7. (military) base

      फौजी अड्डा ― phaujī aḍḍā ― military base

   8. a perching-place, roost, perch

      पक्षियों का अड्डा

      pakṣiyõ kā aḍḍā

      perching-place of birds

2. square frame for embroidery

Declension

Declension of अड्डा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अड्डा aḍḍā	अड्डे aḍḍe
oblique	अड्डे aḍḍe	अड्डों aḍḍõ
vocative	अड्डे aḍḍe	अड्डो aḍḍo

Derived terms

• अड्डा जमाना (aḍḍā jamānā)

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022) “अड्डा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]