अगवाड़ा
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit *अग्ग-वाड (agga-vāḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit *अग्र-वाट (agra-vāṭa, “front-enclosure”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अगवाड़ा • (agvāṛā) m (Urdu spelling اگواڑا)
- front part or space (of house or any building)
- Antonym: पिछवाड़ा (pichvāṛā)
- 1988, Nanda Kiśora Śarmā, त्रिकूट गढ़, जैसलमेर[1], Jaisalmer, Rajasthan: Seemant Prakashan, →OCLC, page 30:
- इन महलों के अगवाड़ों पर बनी कलाकृतियाँ कलाकारों के उच्च ज्ञान, कलाप्रियता और कला के प्रति सच्ची भावना के दर्शन कराते हैं।
- in mahlõ ke agvāṛõ par banī kalākŕtiyā̃ kalākārõ ke ucc jñān, kalāpriytā aur kalā ke prati saccī bhāvnā ke darśan karāte ha͠i.
- The artifacts made on the front parts of these palaces show the high knowledge, artistry and true spirit of the artists.
- 2003, Dharmacandra Vidyālaṅkara, आग कि दहक [Blaze of fire][2], Angoor Prakashan: Delhi, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62, →ISBN:
- सेठ साहब ने कल्लन मियाँ के अगवाड़े पर अपने पिछवाड़े का दरवाज़ा जमा दिया था।
- seṭh sāhab ne kallan miyā̃ ke agvāṛe par apne pichvāṛe kā darvāzā jamā diyā thā.
- Seth sir had fixed his back door on the front part of the house of Kallan Miya.
- 2007, Émile Zola, translated by Droane Vir Kohli, उम्मीद है, आएगा वह दिन [There is hope that that day will come][3], New Delhi: Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, page 347, →ISBN:
- साँझ के झुटपुटे में जब सड़क डूब रही थी, तो बँगले के अगवाड़े में पत्थर-ढेले बरसने लगे।
- sāñjh ke jhuṭpuṭe mẽ jab saṛak ḍūb rahī thī, to baṅgle ke agvāṛe mẽ patthar-ḍhele barasne lage.
- In the evening twilight, when the road was sinking, stones and pellets started showering in the front of the bungalow.
Declension
[edit]Declension of अगवाड़ा (masc ā-stem)
Further reading
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “agavāṛā”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 91
- Platts, John T. (1884) “agwāṛā”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 71
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “agravāṭa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 13
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agravāṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 5
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