अखाड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, “wrestling-ground”) (Ralph Lilley Turner, CDIAL). Compare Punjabi ਅਖਾਡ਼ਾ (akhāḍ਼ā) (likely a Hindi borrowing), Gujarati અખાડો (akhāḍo), Bengali আখড়া (akhṛa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ə.kʰɑː.ɽɑː/

Noun

अखाड़ा • (akhāṛā) m

wrestling-ground, arena
पहलवान अखाड़े में कुश्ती कर रहे है।
pahalvān akhāṛe mẽ kuśtī kar rahe hai.
The wrestlers are fighting in the arena.

Synonym: दंगल (daṅgal)
(Hinduism) a kind of congregation of sadhus

Declension

Declension of अखाड़ा
	Singular	Plural
Direct	अखाड़ा (akhāṛā)	अखाड़े (akhāṛe)
Oblique	अखाड़े (akhāṛe)	अखाड़ों (akhāṛõ)
Vocative	अखाड़े (akhāṛe)	अखाड़ो (akhāṛo)

Descendants

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

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