अखाड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], 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 • (akhāṛā) m (Urdu spelling اکھاڑا)

1. wrestling-ground, arena

   Synonym: दंगल (daṅgal)

   पहलवान अखाड़े में कुश्ती कर रहे है।

   pahalvān akhāṛe mẽ kuśtī kar rahe hai.

   The wrestlers are fighting in the arena.

2. (Hinduism) a kind of congregation of sadhus

Declension

Declension of अखाड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अखाड़ा akhāṛā	अखाड़े akhāṛe
oblique	अखाड़े akhāṛe	अखाड़ों akhāṛõ
vocative	अखाड़े akhāṛe	अखाड़ो akhāṛo

Descendants

• → Kashmiri: अकहार् (akahār)
• → Marathi: आखाडा (ākhāḍā)
• → Nepali: अखाड़ा (akhāṛā)