آدا

See also: ادا and إذا

Azerbaijani

Noun

آدا (ada) (definite accusative آدانێ (adanı), plural آدالار (adalar))

1. Arabic spelling of ada (“island”)

Declension

Declension of آدا

	singular	plural
nominative	آدا	آدالار
definite accusative	آدانێ	آدالارێ
dative	آدایا	آدالارا
locative	آدادا	آدالاردا
ablative	آدادان	آدالاردان
definite genitive	آدانێن	آدالارێن

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

آدا • (ada)

1. alternative spelling of آطه (“island”)

Tashelhit

Noun

آدا (ada)

1. Arabic spelling of ada

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आर्द्रक (ārdraka), through Prakrit *𑀆𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀅 (*āddaa), from आर्द्र (ārdra, “wet”), as fresh ginger is wet. Doublet of اَدْرَک (adrak). Cognates include Bengali আদা (ada), Gujarati આદુ (ādu), Nepali अदुवा (aduwā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪ɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: آد‧ا

Noun

آدا • (ādā) m (Hindi spelling आदा) (uncommon)

1. ginger

Declension

Declension of آدا

	singular	plural
direct	آدا (ādā)	آدے (āde)
oblique	آدے (āde)	آدوں (ādõ)
vocative	آدے (āde)	آدو (ādo)

Synonyms

• اَدْرَک (adrak)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “آدا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 31
• “آدا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• John Shakespear (1834), “آدا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 52
• “آدا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.