ओहदा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عهده ('uhda), from Arabic عُهْدَة (ʕuhda).

Cognates

Compare Punjabi ਓਹਦਾ (ohadā), ਅਹੁਦਾ (ahudā) / عہدہ (ʻhdh), اوہدا, Sindhi عَهُدو / हुदो, Gujarati હોદ્દો (hoddo), Marathi हुद्दा (huddā), Telugu హోదా (hōdā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /oːɦ.d̪ɑː/, [oːʱ.d̪äː]

Noun

ओहदा • (ohdā) m (Urdu spelling عُہْدَہ)

1. post, rank, duty, office

Declension

Declension of ओहदा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ओहदा ohdā	ओहदे ohde
oblique	ओहदे ohde	ओहदों ohdõ
vocative	ओहदे ohde	ओहदो ohdo

Derived terms

• ओहदेदार (ohdedār)

Further reading

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “ओहदा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa, Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 81.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ओहदा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 706
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ओह्दा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 148
• Platts, John T. (1884) “عہده”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 767
• “'ओह्दा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.