آکاڙو

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀯𑀸𑀟𑀕 (akkhavāḍaga), from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, “wrestling-ground”). Cognate with Bengali আখড়া (akhoṛa), Gujarati અખાડો (akhāḍo), Hindustani اکھاڑا / अखाड़ा (akhāṛā), and Kachchi અખાડ઼ો (akhāṛo).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰɑː.ɽoː/
Rhymes: -oː
Hyphenation: آ‧کا‧ڙو

Noun

آکاڙو • (ākhāṛo) m (Devanagari आखाड़ो)

(wrestling) wrestling-ground, arena
(Hinduism) monastery

Further reading

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akṣavāṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 2

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