अकड़

See also: अकड

Hindi

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)?

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *आक्कड (ākkaḍa)

Hindi अकड़

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *आक्कड (ākkaḍa), possibly from Sanskrit आकृ॑त (ā́kṛta). First attested in c. 1679 as Middle Hindi اکڙ (akṛ /⁠akaṛ⁠/).

Cognates

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.kəɽ/, [ɐ.kɐɽ]

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• Hyphenation: अ‧कड़
• Rhymes: -əɽ

Noun

अकड़ • (akaṛ) f (Urdu spelling اَکَڑ)

1. conceit, arrogance, vanity (excessive self-esteem; disregard for the opinions of others)

   अकड़ से बात करना ― akaṛ se bāt karnā ― to speak conceitedly

2. stiffness (state of being stiff; tightness)

Declension

Declension of अकड़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अकड़ akaṛ	अकड़ें akaṛẽ
oblique	अकड़ akaṛ	अकड़ों akaṛõ
vocative	अकड़ akaṛ	अकड़ो akaṛo

Related terms

• अकड़न (akṛan)
• अकड़ना (akaṛnā)
• अक्खड़ (akkhaṛ)
• अखड़ाना (akhṛānā)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अकड़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 9
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ākkaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 45