आधा

See also: आंधी and आँधी

Hindi

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Cardinal: दो (do) Ordinal: दूसरा (dūsrā), दूजा (dūjā), द्वितीय (dvitīya) Adverbial: दोबारा (dobārā), दुबारा (dubārā) Multiplier: दोगुना (dogunā), दुगना (dugnā), दोहरा (dohrā) Collective: दोनों (donõ) Fractional: आधा (ādhā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀕 (*addhaga), from Sanskrit अर्धक (ardhaka).^[1]^[2] Doublet of अर्धक (ardhak) and अर्ध (ardh). Cognate with Gujarati અરધું (aradhũ), Marathi अर्धा (ardhā).

आधा • (ādhā) (Urdu spelling آدھا)

half
मुझे सिर्फ़ आधी बोतल पानी चाहिए।
mujhe sirf ādhī botal pānī cāhie.
I only want half a bottle of water.

आधा • (ādhā) m (Urdu spelling آدھا)^[3]

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ardhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Platts, John T. (1884) “आधा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

From आ- (ā-) +‎ धा (dhā, root).

आधा • (ādhā)

to place on, put down, deposit, put
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.29.4:
  वज्र॒मेको॑ बिभर्ति॒ हस्त॒ आहि॑तं॒ तेन॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नते॥
  vájraméko bibharti hásta ā́hitaṃ téna vṛtrā́ṇi jighnate.
  A mace this one bears in his hand, set there; with it he keeps smashing obstacles (A riddle, answer: Indra).
to impregnate, instil, impress (good sentiments)
to apply, appoint
to add (fuel to fire)
to give or deposit in pledge, stake (money)
to give, supply, lend, deliver
to accept, receive
to make, constitute, effect
to keep, preserve, hold, possess, take
to conceive, get children (as a woman)