ادھار

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸𑀭 (uddhāra), from Sanskrit उद्धार (uddhārá, “act of raising”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʊ.d̪ʱɑːɾ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
  • Hyphenation: اُ‧دھار

Noun

اُدھار • (udhār) m (Hindi spelling उधार)

  1. borrowing; loan (typically short term, and usually more in familiar contexts)
    Synonym: قَرْضَہ (qarza, “debt; loan”)

Declension
Declension of ادھار
singular plural
direct اُدھار (udhār) اُدھار (udhār)
oblique اُدھار (udhār) اُدھاروں (udhārō̃)
vocative اُدھار (udhār) اُدھارو (udhārō)

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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], 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
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