اکھاڑا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, “wrestling-ground”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.kʰɑː.ɽɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: اَ‧کھا‧ڑا

Noun

اَکھاڑَا • (akhāṛā) m (Hindi spelling अखाड़ा)

1. (wrestling) wrestling-ground, arena

   پہلوان اکھاڑے میں کشتی کر رہے ہے۔

   pahalvān akhāṛe mẽ kuśtī kar rahe hai.

   The wrestlers are fighting in the arena.

2. centre, stronghold, headquarter
3. (art) stage; platform
4. a gathering, assembly congregation

Declension

Declension of اکھاڑا

	singular	plural
direct	اَکھاڑَا (akhāṛā)	اَکھاڑَے (akhāṛe)
oblique	اَکھاڑَے (akhāṛe)	اَکھاڑَوں (akhāṛõ)
vocative	اَکھاڑَے (akhāṛe)	اَکھاڑَو (akhāṛo)

Further reading

• “اکھاڑا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “اکھاڑا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “اکهاڑا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “اکهاڙا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 67
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “اَکهارا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 108
• John Shakespear (1834), “اکهاڙا”, 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 118
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “akṣavāṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 2