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अठवारा

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Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haštā́
    Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa)
    Prakrit 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞 (aṭṭha)
    Apabhramsa अट्ठ (aṭṭha)
    Old Hindi अठ (aṭha)
    Hindi अठ- (aṭh-)
    Sanskrit वार (vāra)
    Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀓- (-ka-)
    Hindi अठवारा (aṭhvārā)

    Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀯𑀸𑀭 (*aṭṭha-vāra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[1] By surface analysis, अठ- (aṭh-) +‎ Sanskrit वार (vāra, “day”).

    Cognates

    Compare Marathi आठवडा (āṭhavḍā), Gujarati અઠવાડિયું (aṭhvāṛiyũ).

    Pronunciation

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    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /əʈʰ.ʋɑː.ɾɑː/, [ɐʈʰ.ʋäː.ɾäː]
    • Hyphenation: अठ‧वा‧रा
    • Rhymes: -ɑː

    Noun

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    अठवारा • (aṭhvārā) m (Urdu spelling اَٹْھ وارا or اَٹْھوارا)[2][3]

    1. (historical or regional) a period of eight days; a week
      Synonym: हफ़्ता (haftā, “seven-day week”)

    Declension

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    Declension of अठवारा (masc ā-stem)
    singular plural
    direct अठवारा
    aṭhvārā     		अठवारे
    aṭhvāre
    oblique अठवारे
    aṭhvāre     		अठवारों
    aṭhvārõ
    vocative अठवारे
    aṭhvāre     		अठवारो
    aṭhvāro

    References

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    More information
    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*aṣṭavāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 41: “H. aṭhwārā m. 'week'”
    2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अठ-”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 19
    3. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “अठवारा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 133

    Further reading

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    • “अठवारा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
    • “اَٹْھوارا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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