राड़

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾɑːɽ/, [ɾäːɽ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɽ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀟𑀺 (rāḍi, “shouting; battle”), from Sanskrit राटि (rāṭi, “war, battle”), from the root रट् (raṭ, “to howl, yell, cry; to crash (an axe)”). Compare Punjabi ਰਾਡ਼ (rāṛ), ਰਾਰ (rār), Nepali राड़ो (rāṛo) and Gujarati રાડ઼ (rāṛ).

Noun

राड़ • (rāṛ) f (Urdu spelling راڑ)

1. quarrel, dispute, strife, wrangling; fight, battle

   Synonyms: झगड़ा (jhagṛā), टंटा (ṭaṇṭā), लड़ाई (laṛāī), युद्ध (yuddh)

   राड़ करना ― rāṛ karnā ― to fight, to quarrel

   राड़ मचाना ― rāṛ macānā ― to create a disturbance, to cause strife

Declension

Declension of राड़ (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	राड़ rāṛ	राड़ें rāṛẽ
oblique	राड़ rāṛ	राड़ों rāṛõ
vocative	राड़ rāṛ	राड़ो rāṛo

Derived terms

• राड़ी (rāṛī, “quarrelsome”)

Alternative forms

• रार (rār)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀭𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*raḍḍa). Compare Maithili राड़ (rāṛ, “low-caste man”), Marathi राड (rāḍ, “foul, turbid, muddy”) and Sinhalese රඬුව (raⁿḍuwa, “chaff”). Related with राँड़ (rā̃ṛ, “widow; prostitute”), रंडी (raṇḍī, “prostitute, harlot”) and राँड़का (rā̃ṛkā, “blockhead”).

Adjective

राड़ • (rāṛ) (Urdu spelling راڑ)

1. base

   Synonyms: दुष्ट (duṣṭ), जड़ (jaṛ), नीच (nīc)

2. cowardly

   Synonyms: कायर (kāyar), भगोड़ा (bhagoṛā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “rāṛa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 861
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “रार”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4169
• Platts, John T. (1884) “راڙ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 581
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “रार”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 646
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rāṭi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*raṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press