अधिकार

See also: अंधकार, and अधिकारी

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.d̪ʱɪ.kɑːɾ/, [ɐ.d̪ʱɪ.käːɾ]

Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār) m (Urdu spelling ادھکار)

1. right, prerogative

   (deprecated template usage)

   तुम्हें दख़ल देने का कोई अधिकार नहीं है।

   tumhẽ daxal dene kā koī adhikār nahī̃ hai.

   You have no right to interfere.

   Synonym: हक़ (haq)

2. authority

   (deprecated template usage)

   पुलिस को गिरफ़्तार करने का अधिकार है।

   pulis ko giraftār karne kā adhikār hai.

   The police have the authority to arrest.

3. power

   (deprecated template usage)

   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

Derived terms

• अधिकारी (adhikārī)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अधिकार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʌd̪ikär]
• Phonetic Devanagari: अदिकार्

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār)

1. right, authority, power
2. possession

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• adhikāra (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• অধিকার (Bengali script)
• අධිකාර (Sinhalese script)
• အဓိကာရ or ဢꩪိၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• อธิการ or อะธิการะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨵᩥᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຘິກາຣ or ອະຘິກາຣະ (Lao script)
• អធិការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄙𑄨𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

अधिकार m

1. Devanagari script form of adhikāra (“management; chapter”)
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), 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 \ Number	Singular	Plural
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)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From अधि- (adhi-) +‎ कृ (kṛ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dʱi.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d̪ʱiˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

अधिकार • (adhi-kāra) 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
Nom. sg.	अधिकारः (adhikāraḥ)
Gen. sg.	अधिकारस्य (adhikārasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अधिकारः (adhikāraḥ)	अधिकारौ (adhikārau)	अधिकाराः (adhikārāḥ)
Vocative	अधिकार (adhikāra)	अधिकारौ (adhikārau)	अधिकाराः (adhikārāḥ)
Accusative	अधिकारम् (adhikāram)	अधिकारौ (adhikārau)	अधिकारान् (adhikārān)
Instrumental	अधिकारेण (adhikāreṇa)	अधिकाराभ्याम् (adhikārābhyām)	अधिकारैः (adhikāraiḥ)
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)

Descendants

• Gujarati: અધિકાર (adhikār)
• Hindi: अधिकार (adhikār)
• Indonesian: adikara
• Tamil: அதிகாரம் (atikāram)
• Telugu: అధికారము (adhikāramu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अधिकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0020.