ادھکار

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Old Punjabi[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra). Compare Old Marathi 𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkāra).

Noun[edit]

اَدِھکَارُ (adhikāru) m (Gurmukhi ਅਧਿਕਾਰੁ)

  1. authority, power
    • 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 1412:
      رَامُ جُھرَئِی دَلَ میلَوَئِی اَنْتَرِ بَلُ اَدِھکَارْ
      rāmu jhurai dala melavai antari balu adhikāra
      • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
        Raam Chand, sad at heart, assembled his army and forces.

Descendants[edit]

  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅਧਿਕਾਰ (adhikār)
    Shahmukhi script: اَدھِیکار (adhīkār)

Further reading[edit]

  • Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਅਧਿਕਾਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 15.
  • “ਅਧਿਕਾਰ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

اَدِھکَارْ • (adhikār) m (Hindi spelling अधिकार)

  1. right
  2. authority
  3. jurisdiction
    Synonyms: اِخْتِیَارْ (ixtiyār), حَقْ (haq), دَعْوَیٰ (dāvā), قَبْضْ (qabz); see also Thesaurus:ادھکار

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ادهکار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 35
  • “ادھکار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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