ادھکار

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱɪ.kɑːɾ/
• Hyphenation: اَ‧دِھ‧کَارْ
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

اَدِھکَارْ • (adhikār) m (Hindi spelling अधिकार)

1. right

   Synonym: حَقْ (haq)

   تمہیں دخل دینے کا کوئی ادھکار نہیں ہے۔

   tumhẽ daxal dene kā koī adhikār nahī̃ hai.

   You have no right to interfere.

2. authority

   پُلیس کو گرفتار کرنے کا ادھکار ہے۔

   pulīs ko giraftār karne kā adhikār hai.

   The police have the authority to arrest.

3. jurisdiction

   Synonyms: اِخْتِیَارْ (ixtiyār), حَقْ (haq), دَعْوَیٰ (dāvā), قَبْضْ (qabz); see also Thesaurus:ادھکار

Related terms

• اَدھِکاری (adhikārī)

Further reading

• 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, 2026.