रोड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *rawḍas. Compare Punjabi ਰੋੜਾ (roṛā), Gujarati રોડું (roḍũ), Marathi रोडा (roḍā).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɾoː.ɽɑː/, [ɾoː.ɽäː]

Noun

रोड़ा • (roṛā) m

  1. a stone or brick fragment, brickbat
  2. (figuratively) an obstacle
    Synonyms: रोध (rodh), रुकावट (rukāvaṭ)
    पंद्रह केंद्रीय मंत्रालय बिल के रास्ते में रोड़े हैं।
    pandrah kendrīya mantrālay bil ke rāste mẽ roṛe ha͠i.
    The fifteen Central Ministries are obstacles in the path of the bill.

Declension
Declension of रोड़ा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct रोड़ा
roṛā		 रोड़े
roṛe
oblique रोड़े
roṛe		 रोड़ों
roṛõ
vocative रोड़े
roṛe		 रोड़ो
roṛo

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ruṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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