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)

Alternative forms

• अध- (adh-) — combining form

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *h₁erdʰe

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₁érdʰ-o-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárdʰas

Sanskrit अर्ध (ardha)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥 (addha)

Old Hindi आधा (ādhā)

Hindi आधा

Inherited from Old Hindi आधा (ādhā), आध (ādha), from Prakrit अद्ध (addha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit अर्धक (ardhaka), अर्ध (ardha). Doublet of अर्धक (ardhak) and अर्ध (ardh). Cognate with Gujarati અરધું (aradhũ), Marathi अर्धा (ardhā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪ʱɑː/, [äː.d̪ʱäː]

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Adjective

आधा • (ādhā) (Urdu spelling آدھا)

1. half

   मुझे सिर्फ़ आधी बोतल पानी चाहिए।

   mujhe sirf ādhī botal pānī cāhie.

   I only want half a bottle of water.

Declension

Declension of आधा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	आधा ādhā	आधे ādhe	आधी ādhī	आधी ādhī
oblique	आधे ādhe	आधे ādhe	आधी ādhī	आधी ādhī
vocative	आधे ādhe	आधे ādhe	आधी ādhī	आधी ādhī

Noun

आधा • (ādhā) m (Urdu spelling آدھا)

1. a half of something

Declension

Declension of आधा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आधा ādhā	आधे ādhe
oblique	आधे ādhe	आधों ādhõ
vocative	आधे ādhe	आधो ādho

Further reading

• 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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “आधा”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.

Old Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *h₁erdʰe

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₁érdʰ-o-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárdʰas

Sanskrit अर्ध (ardha)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥 (addha)

Old Hindi आधा

From Prakrit अद्ध (addha).

Adjective

आधा (ādhā)

1. half

Descendants

• Hindi: आधा (ādhā)
• Urdu: آدھا (ādhā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আধা (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
• আধা (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• အာဓာ (Burmese script)
• આધા (Gujarati script)
• ਆਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಧಾ (Kannada script)
• អាធា (Khmer script)
• ອາຘາ (Lao script)
• ആധാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଆଧା (Odia script)
• ꢃꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ආධා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஆத⁴ா (Tamil script)
• ఆధా (Telugu script)
• อาธา (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ धा (dhā, root).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.dʱɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪ʱɑː/

Root

आधा • (ādhā)

1. 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).

2. to impregnate, instil, impress (good sentiments)
3. to apply, appoint
4. to add (fuel to fire)
5. to give or deposit in pledge, stake (money)
6. to give, supply, lend, deliver
7. to accept, receive
8. to make, constitute, effect
9. to keep, preserve, hold, possess, take
10. to conceive, get children (as a woman)

Derived terms

• आधातृ (ādhātṛ)
• आधान (ādhāna)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “आधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 138.