अखाड़ा

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Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, wrestling-ground) (Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press). Compare Punjabi ਅਖਾਡ਼ਾ (akhāṛā) (likely a Hindi borrowing), Gujarati અખાડો (akhāḍo), Bengali আখড়া (akhoṛa).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.kʰɑː.ɽɑː/, [ɐ.kʰäː.ɽäː]
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Noun

अखाड़ा (akhāṛām (Urdu spelling اکھاڑا)

  1. wrestling-ground, arena
    (deprecated template usage)
    पहलवान अखाड़े में कुश्ती कर रहे है।
    pahalvān akhāṛe mẽ kuśtī kar rahe hai.
    The wrestlers are fighting in the arena.
    Synonym: दंगल (daṅgal)
  2. (Hinduism) a kind of congregation of sadhus

Declension

Descendants

  • Marathi: आखाडा (ākhāḍā)
  • Nepali: अखाड़ा (akhāṛā)