आधा
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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) |
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀕 (*addhaga), from Sanskrit अर्धक (ardhaka)[1][2]. Doublet of अर्धक (ardhak) and अर्ध (ardh). Cognate with Gujarati અર્ધો (ardho), Marathi अर्धा (ardhā).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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.
Declension[edit]
Declension of आधा (ā-stem)
Noun[edit]
आधा • (ādhā) m (Urdu spelling آدھا)[3]
Declension[edit]
Declension of आधा (masc ā-stem)
References[edit]
- ^ 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
Further reading[edit]
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “आधा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “आधा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “आधा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- “आधा”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- S. W. Fallon (1879), “आधा”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ᬆᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
- আধা (Assamese script)
- আধা (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌆𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
- આધા (Gujarati script)
- ਆਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦴꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
- អាធា (Khmer script)
- ಆಧಾ (Kannada script)
- ອາຘາ (Lao script)
- ആധാ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘁𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- အာဓာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦡𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଆଧା (Oriya script)
- ꢃꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ආධා (Sinhalese script)
- ఆధా (Telugu script)
- อาธา (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology[edit]
From आ- (ā-) + धा (dhā, root).
Pronunciation[edit]
Root[edit]
आधा • (ādhā)
- to place on, put down, deposit, put
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- vájram éko bibharti hásta ā́hitaṃ téna vr̥trā́ṇi jighnate
- A mace this one bears in his hand, set there; with it he keeps smashing obstacles (A riddle, answer: Indra).
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- 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)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899), “आधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 138.
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