# अधिकार
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra). Equivalent to अधि- (adhi-, “encompassing”) +‎ कार (kār, “work”).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ə.d̪ʱɪ.kɑːɾ/, [ɐ.d̪ʱɪ.käːɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār) m (Urdu spelling ادھکار)
* right, prerogative
    Synonym: हक़ (haq)
    तुम्हें दख़ल देने का कोई अधिकार नहीं है।tumhẽ daxal dene kā koī adhikār nahī̃ hai.You have no right to interfere.
* authority
    पुलिस को गिरफ़्तार करने का अधिकार है।pulis ko giraftār karne kā adhikār hai.The police have the authority to arrest.
* power
    उसके अधिकार घटा दिए गये हैंuske adhikār ghaṭā die gaye ha͠iHis powers have been curtailed.

#### Related terms

* अधिकारी (adhikārī)

### Further reading

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “अधिकार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अधिकार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkāra), from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ə.d̪ʱi.kaɾ/

### Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār) m
* right
    Synonym: हक्क (hakka)
    त्याचा ह्या मालमत्तेवर अधिकार नाही।tyācā hyā mālmattevar adhikār nāhī.He has no right over this property.
* authority, power
    कायदेशीर अधिकार ― kāydeśīr adhikār ― Legal authority
* public charge, public employment

#### Declension
### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अधिकार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “अधिकार”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʌd̪ikär]
* Phonetic Devanagari: अदिकार्

### Noun

अधिकार • (adhikār)
* right, authority, power
* possession

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* adhikāra (Latin script)
* 𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* অধিকার (Bengali script)
* අධිකාර (Sinhalese script)
* အဓိကာရ or ဢꩪိၵႃရ (Burmese script)
* อธิการ or อะธิการะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨵᩥᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ອຘິກາຣ or ອະຘິກາຣະ (Lao script)
* អធិការ (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄙𑄨𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

अधिकार m
* Devanagari script form of adhikāra (“management; chapter”)
** c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎ (overall work in Pali), page 254; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:काले इच्चेतं अस्हिकारत्थं वेदितब्बं॥Kāle iccetaṃ adhikāratthaṃ veditabbaṃ.Note that time when is the purpose of the section

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* অধিকাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬥᬶᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* অধিকার (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰠𑰰𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* အဓိကာရ (Burmese script)
* અધિકાર (Gujarati script)
* ਅਧਿਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌧𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦣꦶꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂡𑂱𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಧಿಕಾರ (Kannada script)
* អធិការ (Khmer script)
* ອຘິກາຣ (Lao script)
* അധികാര (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᢡᡳᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘠𑘱𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢑᠾᠢᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧀𑧒𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐢𑐶𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଅଧିକାର (Odia script)
* ꢂꢤꢶꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆣𑆴𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖠𑖰𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* අධිකාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩮𑩑𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚜𑚮𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* அதி⁴கார (Tamil script)
* అధికార (Telugu script)
* อธิการ (Thai script)
* ཨ་དྷི་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒡𑒱𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨜𑨁𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From अधि- (adhi-) +‎ कृ (kṛ).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ.dʱi.kɑː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐ.d̪ʱiˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

अधिकार • (adhikāra) stem, m
* authority
* government, rule, administration, jurisdiction
* royalty, prerogative
* title
* rank
* office
* claim, right, especially to perform sacrifices with benefit
* privilege, ownership
* property
* reference, relation
* topic, subject
* paragraph or minor section
* (grammar) government, a governing-rule (the influence of which over any number of succeeding rules is called अनुवृत्ति (anu-vṛtti))

#### Descendants

* Pali: adhikāra
* → Gujarati: અધિકાર (adhikār)
* → Hindi: अधिकार (adhikār)
* → Indonesian: adikara
* → Kannada: ಅಧಿಕಾರ (adhikāra)
* → Malay: adikara
* → Odia: ଅଧିକାର (adhikāra)
* → Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkāra)
** Marathi: अधिकार (adhikār)
* → Punjabi: ਅਧਿਕਾਰ (adhikār)
* → Tamil: அதிகாரம் (atikāram)
* → Telugu: అధికారము (adhikāramu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अधिकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0020.