અખાડો
Gujarati
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀟𑀬 (akkhāḍaya), from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, “wrestling-ground”). Sense 4 is a semantic loan from Hindustani اَکھاڑَا / अखाड़ा (akhāṛā). Cognate with Bengali আখড়া (akhoṛa), Hindi अखाड़ा (akhāṛā), Mewari अखाड़ो (akhāṛo), Sindhi آکاڙو / आखाड़ो (ākhāṛo).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.kʰɑ.ɽo/
- Rhymes: -o
- Hyphenation: અ‧ખા‧ડો
Noun
અખાડો • (ākhāṛo) m
- gymnasium
- (wrestling) wrestling-ground, arena
- Synonym: દંગલ (daṅgal)
- (military) battlefield
- Synonym: યુદ્ધભૂમિ (yuddhabhūmi)
- (art) stage; platform
- a gathering, assembly congregation
- (Hinduism) monastery of sadhus
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | અખાડો (akhāḍo) | અખાડા, અખાડાઓ (akhāḍā, akhāḍāo) |
| oblique | અખાડા (akhāḍā) | અખાડાઓ (akhāḍāo) |
| vocative | અખાડા (akhāḍā) | અખાડાઓ (akhāḍāo) |
| instrumental | અખાડે (akhāḍe) | અખાડાએ (akhāḍāe) |
| locative | અખાડે (akhāḍe) | અખાડે (akhāḍe) |