अक्खड़

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 अक्खड़

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *आक्कड (ākkaḍa). Related to अकड़ (akaṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ək.kʰəɽ/, [ɐk̚.kʰɐɽ]
• Hyphenation: अक्‧खड़, अ‧क्खड़
• Rhymes: -əɽ

Adjective

अक्खड़ • (akkhaṛ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling اَکَّھڑ)

1. recalcitrant, stubborn

   Synonym: ज़िद्दी (ziddī)

2. arrogant, audacious, presumptuous
3. proud
4. foolhardy, fearless

Derived terms

• अक्खड़पन (akkhaṛpan)
• अक्खड़पना (akkhaṛpanā)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अक्खड़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 11
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ākkaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 45

Malvi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀆𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (*ākkaḍa).

Cognates

Cognate with Hindustani اَکَّھڑ / अक्खड़ (akkhaṛ)

Adjective

अक्खड़ (akkhaṛ) (indeclinable)

1. stubborn
2. quarrelsome

Further reading

More information

• “अक्खड़”, in Hindwi Dictionary [including the languages of Hindi region] (in Hindi), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026
• डॉ॰ भगवतीलाल राजपुरोहित [Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit]; डॉ॰ प्रह्लाद चन्द्र जोशी [Prahlad Chandra Joshi] (2010), “अक्खड़”, in मालवी - हिन्दी शब्दकोश [Malvi - Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), शिवाजी नगर, भोपाल [Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal]: माध्यमिक शिक्षा मण्डल परिसर [Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal Parisar], →ISBN, अ, page 13, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ākkaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 45