Akhada, Akhāḍā, Akhaḍā: 4 definitions

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Akhada means something in Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

akhāḍā (अखाडा).—m ( H) A community, or the common place of residence or of assembly, of persons engaged in study or some particular pursuit; a college, a disputation-hall, a gymnasium, circus, arena. Hence, A club or clubroom; a stand of idlers, loungers, newsmongers, gossips, scamps. 2 An order of men. Ex. gōsāvyāñcē aṭharā akhāḍē āhēta. See aṭharā akhāḍē. 3 (Usually aḍḍā) A stand or station (of people, animals, vehicles). 4 A rude sort of stile to exclude cattle. 5 The pole of the Native palanquin or pālakhī.

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ākhāḍa (आखाड).—m (āṣāḍha S) The name of the fourth month, reckoning from caitra, June-July.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

akhāḍā (अखाडा).—m A club or a club-room. Gymnasium.

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ākhāḍā (आखाडा).—m The place of wrestling. ākhāḍyānta utaraṇēṃ To enter the lists.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Akhāḍā (अखाडा):—(nm) an arena, wrestling arena; place for exercise; a congregation of sadhus or their abode; —[garama honā] to have the bouts going; to have an assembly in full swing;—[jamanā] an assembly to be active and enlivened; [akhāḍebāja] see [akhāḍiyā; akhāḍe meṃ ānā/utaranā] to step into the arena (for a bout), to pick up the gauntlet.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Akhāḍa (ಅಖಾಡ):—

1) [noun] a place for public contest of wrestling; an arena.

2) [noun] (lightly) an enclosed platform for acting; a stage.

3) [noun] (fig.) any public contest, like election for a political position;4) [noun] ಅಖಾಡಕ್ಕಿಳಿ [akhadakkili] akhāḍakkiḷi to enter into a fight; 2. to enter into a contest or competition.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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