आधार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आधार (ādhāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.d̪ʱɑːɾ/, [äː.d̪ʱäːɾ]

Noun

आधार • (ādhār) m

1. basis, foundation

Declension

Declension of आधार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आधार ādhār	आधार ādhār
oblique	आधार ādhār	आधारों ādhārõ
vocative	आधार ādhār	आधारो ādhāro

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আধাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬥᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• আধার (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰠𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀥𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• အာဓာရ (Burmese script)
• આધાર (Gujarati script)
• ਆਧਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌧𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦣꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂡𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಧಾರ (Kannada script)
• អាធារ (Khmer script)
• ອາຘາຣ (Lao script)
• ആധാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘠𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑧀𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐢𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଆଧାର (Odia script)
• ꢃꢤꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆣𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖠𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ආධාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩮𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚜𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஆத⁴ார (Tamil script)
• ఆధార (Telugu script)
• อาธาร (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་དྷཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒡𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨜𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

आ- (ā-, “ad-”) +‎ धार (dhāra, “holding, supporting”), the latter from the root धृ (dhṛ, “to hold”).

Noun

आधार • (ādhāra) stem, m

1. support, prop, stay, substratum, bottom
2. the power of sustaining, or the support given, aid, patronage
3. that which contains (a fluid etc.), a vessel, receptacle
4. a dike, dam
5. a basin round the foot of a tree
6. a reservoir, pond
7. (philosophy) comprehension, location, the sense of the locative case
8. the subject in a sentence (of which qualities etc. are affirmed)
9. foundation, basis

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आधार
Nom. sg.	आधारः (ādhāraḥ)
Gen. sg.	आधारस्य (ādhārasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आधारः (ādhāraḥ)	आधारौ (ādhārau)	आधाराः (ādhārāḥ)
Vocative	आधार (ādhāra)	आधारौ (ādhārau)	आधाराः (ādhārāḥ)
Accusative	आधारम् (ādhāram)	आधारौ (ādhārau)	आधारान् (ādhārān)
Instrumental	आधारेन (ādhārena)	आधाराभ्याम् (ādhārābhyām)	आधारैः (ādhāraiḥ)
Dative	आधाराय (ādhārāya)	आधाराभ्याम् (ādhārābhyām)	आधारेभ्यः (ādhārebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आधारात् (ādhārāt)	आधाराभ्याम् (ādhārābhyām)	आधारेभ्यः (ādhārebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आधारस्य (ādhārasya)	आधारयोः (ādhārayoḥ)	आधारानाम् (ādhārānām)
Locative	आधारे (ādhāre)	आधारयोः (ādhārayoḥ)	आधारेषु (ādhāreṣu)

Descendants

• Pali: ādhāra
• Punjabi: ਆਧਾਰ (ādhār, “nourishment”)
• → Hindi: आधार (ādhār)
• → Tamil: ஆதாரம் (ātāram)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “आधार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 138/3, 139/1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “ādhāra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.