अधिकार

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See also: अंधकार and अधिकारी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra). Equivalent to अधि- (adhi-, “encompassing”) +‎ कार (kār, “work”).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.d̪ʱɪ.kɑːɾ/,
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Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār) m (Urdu spelling ادھکار)

  1. right, prerogative
    Synonym: हक़ (haq)
    तुम्हें दख़ल देने का कोई अधिकार नहीं है।
    tumhẽ daxal dene kā koī adhikār nahī̃ hai.
    You have no right to interfere.
  2. authority
    पुलिस को गिरफ़्तार करने का अधिकार है।
    pulis ko giraftār karne kā adhikār hai.
    The police have the authority to arrest.
  3. power
    उसके अधिकार घटा दिए गये हैं
    uske adhikār ghaṭā die gaye ha͠i
    His powers have been curtailed.

Declension

Declension of अधिकार (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अधिकार
adhikār 		अधिकार
adhikār
oblique अधिकार
adhikār 		अधिकारों
adhikārõ
vocative अधिकार
adhikār 		अधिकारो
adhikāro

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Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

Pronunciation

Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār)

  1. right, authority, power
  2. possession

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Noun

अधिकार m

  1. Devanagari script form of adhikāra (“management; chapter”)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 254; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      काले इच्चेतं अस्हिकारत्थं वेदितब्बं॥
      Kāle iccetaṃ adhikāratthaṃ veditabbaṃ.
      Note that time when is the purpose of the section

Declension

Declension table of "अधिकार" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)अधिकारो (adhikāro)अधिकारा (adhikārā)
Accusative (second)अधिकारं (adhikāraṃ)अधिकारे (adhikāre)
Instrumental (third)अधिकारेन (adhikārena)अधिकारेहि (adhikārehi) or अधिकारेभि (adhikārebhi)
Dative (fourth)अधिकारस्स (adhikārassa) or अधिकाराय (adhikārāya) or अधिकारत्थं (adhikāratthaṃ)अधिकारानं (adhikārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)अधिकारस्मा (adhikārasmā) or अधिकारम्हा (adhikāramhā) or अधिकारा (adhikārā)अधिकारेहि (adhikārehi) or अधिकारेभि (adhikārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)अधिकारस्स (adhikārassa)अधिकारानं (adhikārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)अधिकारस्मिं (adhikārasmiṃ) or अधिकारम्हि (adhikāramhi) or अधिकारे (adhikāre)अधिकारेसु (adhikāresu)
Vocative (calling)अधिकार (adhikāra)अधिकारा (adhikārā)

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

Etymology

From अधि- (adhi-) +‎ कृ (kṛ).

Pronunciation

Noun

अधिकार • (adhikāra) stem, m

  1. authority
  2. government, rule, administration, jurisdiction
  3. royalty, prerogative
  4. title
  5. rank
  6. office
  7. claim, right, especially to perform sacrifices with benefit
  8. privilege, ownership
  9. property
  10. reference, relation
  11. topic, subject
  12. paragraph or minor section
  13. (grammar) government, a governing-rule (the influence of which over any number of succeeding rules is called अनुवृत्ति (anu-vṛtti))

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अधिकार (adhikāra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative अधिकारः
adhikāraḥ 		अधिकारौ / अधिकारा¹
adhikārau / adhikārā¹ 		अधिकाराः / अधिकारासः¹
adhikārāḥ / adhikārāsaḥ¹
Vocative अधिकार
adhikāra 		अधिकारौ / अधिकारा¹
adhikārau / adhikārā¹ 		अधिकाराः / अधिकारासः¹
adhikārāḥ / adhikārāsaḥ¹
Accusative अधिकारम्
adhikāram 		अधिकारौ / अधिकारा¹
adhikārau / adhikārā¹ 		अधिकारान्
adhikārān
Instrumental अधिकारेण
adhikāreṇa 		अधिकाराभ्याम्
adhikārābhyām 		अधिकारैः / अधिकारेभिः¹
adhikāraiḥ / adhikārebhiḥ¹
Dative अधिकाराय
adhikārāya 		अधिकाराभ्याम्
adhikārābhyām 		अधिकारेभ्यः
adhikārebhyaḥ
Ablative अधिकारात्
adhikārāt 		अधिकाराभ्याम्
adhikārābhyām 		अधिकारेभ्यः
adhikārebhyaḥ
Genitive अधिकारस्य
adhikārasya 		अधिकारयोः
adhikārayoḥ 		अधिकाराणाम्
adhikārāṇām
Locative अधिकारे
adhikāre 		अधिकारयोः
adhikārayoḥ 		अधिकारेषु
adhikāreṣu
Notes
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