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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸𑀭 (uddhāra), from Sanskrit उद्धार (uddhārá, “act of raising”).
Pronunciation
Noun
اُدھار • (udhār) m (Hindi spelling उधार)
- borrowing; loan (typically short term, and usually more in familiar contexts)
- Synonym: قَرْضَہ (qarza, “debt; loan”)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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اُدھار (udhār)
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اُدھار (udhār)
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| oblique
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اُدھار (udhār)
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اُدھاروں (udhārõ)
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| vocative
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اُدھار (udhār)
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اُدھارو (udhāro)
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Further reading
- “ادھار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ادھار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ادھار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uddhārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 94