अड्डा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, whence Punjabi ਅੱਡਾ (aḍḍā, “place, stand”), or equivalently inherited from the same Prakrit source without cluster simplification. Ultimately related to Proto-New Indo-Aryan *अड्डइ (aḍḍaï, “to obstruct, stop”), from Dravidian, whence Tamil அடை (aṭai). Doublet of आड़ (āṛ) and related to अड़ना (aṛnā). Cognate with Marathi अड्डा (aḍḍā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /əɖ.ɖɑː/, [ɐɖ̚.ɖäː]

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Noun

अड्डा • (aḍḍā) m (Urdu spelling اڈہ)

1. a place or an area serving a particular purpose
   1. meeting place

      बदमाशों का अड्डा ― badmāśõ kā aḍḍā ― meeting place of ruffians

   2. working place or site
   3. stall (vendors')
   4. centre
   5. stand, station (vehicles')

      बस अड्डा ― bas aḍḍā ― bus stand

      Synonym: केन्द्र (kendra)

   6. airfield, airport

      विमान अड्डा ― vimān aḍḍā ― airport

   7. (military) base

      फ़ौजी अड्डा ― faujī aḍḍā ― military base

   8. a perching-place, roost, perch

      पक्षियों का अड्डा ― pakṣiyõ kā aḍḍā ― perching-place of birds

2. square frame for embroidery

Declension

Declension of अड्डा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अड्डा aḍḍā	अड्डे aḍḍe
oblique	अड्डे aḍḍe	अड्डों aḍḍõ
vocative	अड्डे aḍḍe	अड्डो aḍḍo

Derived terms

• अड्डा जमाना (aḍḍā jamānā)
• हवाई अड्डा (havāī aḍḍā, “airport”)

References

• Bahri, Caturvedi, Dasa-Hindi (2022), “अड्डा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Hindi Dictionaries]