Hindi

Noun

अधिकार • ‎(adhikār) m ‎(Urdu spelling ادھکار)

1. right, prerogative

   तुम्हें दख़ल देने का कोई अधिकार नहीं है।

   You have no right to interfere.

2. authority

   पुलिस को गिरफ़्तार करने का अधिकार है।

   The police have the authority to arrest.

3. power

   उसके अधिकार घटा दिए गये हैं।

   His powers have been curtailed.

Synonyms

• हक़ ‎(haq)

Derived terms

• अधिकारी ‎(adhikārī)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “अधिकार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons

Nepali

Noun

अधिकार • ‎(adhikār), pronounced अधिकार् (adhikār) or अदिकार् (adikār)

1. right, authority, power
2. possession

Sanskrit

Noun

अधिकार • ‎(adhi-kāra) m

1. authority
2. government, rule, administration, jurisdiction
3. royalty, prerogative
4. title
5. rank
6. office
7. claim, right, especially to perform sacrifices with benefit
8. privilege, ownership
9. property
10. reference, relation
11. topic, subject
12. paragraph or minor section
13. (grammar) government, a governing-rule (the influence of which over any number of succeeding rules is called अनुवृत्ति ‎(anu-vṛtti))

Declension

Descendants

• Hindi: अधिकार ‎(adhikār)
• Tamil: அதிகாரம் ‎(atikāram)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0020