# आधा
## Hindi
### Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀕 (*addhaga), from Sanskrit अर्धक (ardhaka). Doublet of अर्धक (ardhak) and अर्ध (ardh). Cognate with Gujarati અરધું (aradhũ), Marathi अर्धा (ardhā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɑː.d̪ʱɑː/, [äː.d̪ʱäː]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

आधा • (ādhā) (Urdu spelling آدھا)
* half
    मुझे सिर्फ़ आधी बोतल पानी चाहिए।mujhe sirf ādhī botal pānī cāhie.I only want half a bottle of water.

#### Declension
### Noun

आधा • (ādhā) m (Urdu spelling آدھا)
* a half of something

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ardhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
* ↑ Platts, John T. (1884) “आधा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* ↑ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आधा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “आधा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “आधा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
* “आधा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* S. W. Fallon (1879) “आधा”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* আধা (Assamese script)
* ᬆᬥᬵ (Balinese script)
* আধা (Bengali script)
* 𑰁𑰠𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀆𑀥𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* အာဓာ (Burmese script)
* આધા (Gujarati script)
* ਆਧਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌆𑌧𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦴꦣꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂄𑂡𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ಆಧಾ (Kannada script)
* អាធា (Khmer script)
* ອາຘາ (Lao script)
* ആധാ (Malayalam script)
* ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘁𑘠𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦡𑧀𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐁𑐢𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଆଧା (Odia script)
* ꢃꢤꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆄𑆣𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖁𑖠𑖯 (Siddham script)
* ආධා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩛𑩮𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚁𑚜𑚭 (Takri script)
* ஆத⁴ா (Tamil script)
* ఆధా (Telugu script)
* อาธา (Thai script)
* ཨཱ་དྷཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒂𑒡𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨊𑨜𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ धा (dhā, root).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɑː.dʱɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɑː.d̪ʱɑː/

### Root

आधा • (ādhā)
* to place on, put down, deposit, put
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.29.4:वज्र॒मेको॑ बिभर्ति॒ हस्त॒ आहि॑तं॒ तेन॑ वृ॒त्राणि॑ जिघ्नते॥vájraméko bibharti hásta ā́hitaṃ téna vṛtrā́ṇi jighnate.A mace this one bears in his hand, set there; with it he keeps smashing obstacles (A riddle, answer: Indra).
* to impregnate, instil, impress (good sentiments)
* to apply, appoint
* to add (fuel to fire)
* to give or deposit in pledge, stake (money)
* to give, supply, lend, deliver
* to accept, receive
* to make, constitute, effect
* to keep, preserve, hold, possess, take
* to conceive, get children (as a woman)

#### Derived terms

* आधातृ (ādhātṛ)
* आधान (ādhāna)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “आधा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 138.