andh·kār mu (no pl.) darkness. [q. v. अँधेरा syn.]

ãdherā I. mu dark, darkness: उसकी आँखों के सामने ~ छा गया it was all -- before his eyes; अँधेरे में मत पढ़ो don't read in the dark; ~ हो रहा है it is getting dark; घुप्प ~ pitch dark, utter darkness. II. a dark; ~ कमरा -- room; अँधेरी कोठरी dark room, prison cell [में बंद shut-up in the]; अँधेरी रात -- night; △ अँधेरे घर का उजाला (literally) light of the dark home, the only son; अँधेरे मुँह, मुँह अँधेरे at. dawn, very early in the morning [चला गया went away, वापस आ गया returned], [syn. अंधकार]

prakāsh mu light कृत्रिम artificial, बिजली का electric, हलका weak]; सूर्य का ~ -- of the sun; चन्द्रमा के प्रकाश में in the light of the moon: ~ में आना to come to light: ~ डालना to throw light; ~ बिखेरना to radiate; (fig) आशा या ज्ञान का ~ -- of hope or knowledge; ज्यों ही ~ हुआ as soon as there was --; प्रातः 5 बजे ~ हो जाता है it gets -- at 5 o'clock. [syn. रोशनी, ant. अँधेरा, अंधकार]