آکاڙو

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀯𑀸𑀟𑀕 (akkhavāḍaga​), from Sanskrit अक्षवाट (akṣavāṭa, “wrestling-ground”). Cognate with Bengali আখড়া (akhoṛa), Gujarati અખાડો (akhāḍo), Hindustani اکھاڑا / अखाड़ा (akhāṛā), and Kachchi અખાડ઼ો (akhāṛo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰɑː.ɽoː/
• Rhymes: -oː
• Hyphenation: آ‧کا‧ڙو

Noun

آکاڙو • (ākhāṛo) m (Devanagari आखाड़ो)

1. (wrestling) wrestling-ground, arena
2. (Hinduism) monastery

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “akṣavāṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 2