अधिकारी

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अधिकारिन् (adhikārin). Equivalent to अधिकार (adhikār, “authority”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.d̪ʱɪ.kɑː.ɾiː/, [ə.d̪ʱɪ.käː.ɾiː]
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Noun

अधिकारी • (adhikārī) m (Urdu spelling ادھکاری‎)

  1. officer, one with authority
    Synonym: अफ़सर (afsar)
  2. functionary

Declension
Declension of अधिकारी (masc ī-stem)
singular plural
direct अधिकारी
adhikārī		 अधिकारी
adhikārī
oblique अधिकारी
adhikārī		 अधिकारियों
adhikāriyõ
vocative अधिकारी
adhikārī		 अधिकारियो
adhikāriyo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अधिकारी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬅᬥᬶᬓᬵᬭᬷ (Balinese script)
  • অধিকাৰী (Assamese script)
  • অধিকারী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰠𑰰𑰎𑰯𑰨𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌅𑌧𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • અધિકારી (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦄꦣꦶꦏꦴꦫꦷ (Javanese script)
  • អធិការី (Khmer script)
  • ಅಧಿಕಾರೀ (Kannada script)
  • ອຘິກາຣີ (Lao script)
  • അധികാരീ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘀𑘠𑘱𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘲 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᢑᠾᠢᢉᠠᢗᠷᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠠᢡᡳᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
  • အဓိကာရီ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦠𑧀𑧒𑦮𑧑𑧈𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐢𑐶𑐎𑐵𑐬𑐷 (Newa script)
  • ଅଧିକାରୀ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢤꢶꢒꢵꢬꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆣𑆴𑆑𑆳𑆫𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖠𑖰𑖎𑖯𑖨𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • අධිකාරී (Sinhalese script)
  • அத⁴ிகாரீ (Tamil script)
  • అధికారీ (Telugu script)
  • อธิการี (Thai script)
  • ཨ་དྷི་ཀཱ་རཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒡𑒱𑒏𑒰𑒩𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

अधिकारी • (adhikārī) root form, m

  1. masculine nominative singular of अधिकारिन् (adhikārin)
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