اکڑ

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH

Sanskrit आ (ā)

Sanskrit आ- (ā-)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥-tó-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás

Sanskrit कृ॒त (kṛtá)

Sanskrit आकृ॑त (ā́kṛta)?

Prakrit *𑀆𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (*ākkaḍa)

Old Hindi اکڙ (akṛ)

Urdu اَکَڑ

Inherited from Middle Hindi اکڙ (akṛ /⁠akaṛ⁠/) (c. 1679), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀆𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (*ākkaḍa).

Cognates

Cognate with Punjabi آکَڑ / ਆਕੜ (ākaṛ), Pahari-Potwari آکَڑ (ākaṛ) and Marathi अकड (akaḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.kəɽ/
• Rhymes: -əɽ
• Hyphenation: اَ‧کَڑ

Noun

اَکَڑ • (akaṛ) f (Hindi spelling अकड़)

1. verbal noun of اَکَڑْنا (akaṛnā)
   1. stiffness (state of being stiff; tightness)
   2. crookedness, twist, bend
2. conceit, arrogance, vanity (excessive self-esteem; disregard for the opinions of others)

Declension

Declension of اکڑ

	singular	plural
direct	اَکَڑ (akaṛ)	اَکَڑیں (akaṛẽ)
oblique	اَکَڑ (akaṛ)	اَکَڑوں (akaṛõ)
vocative	اَکَڑ (akaṛ)	اَکَڑو (akaṛo)

Further reading

• “اکڑ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اکڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 67
• Platts, John T. (1884), “اکڙ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 66
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “اَکر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 106
• John Shakespear (1834), “اکڙ”, 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 116