MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Adhar mean?
Adhar draws on Sanskrit adhara, a support or foundation. The noun also describes sustaining help or patronage.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आधार
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Adhar in Indian usage
1,714 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 395 records (23%).
- Recorded as male: 1,319 records (77%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 189 |
| 1960s | 313 |
| 1970s | 345 |
| 1980s | 416 |
| 1990s | 291 |
| Other decades | 160 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 930 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 359 |
| Maharashtra | 171 |
| Bihar | 120 |
| Other states | 134 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, ādhāra, p. 139,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.