apekṣā fu की ~ as compared to; पिछले वर्ष की ~ as compared to the last year; यह उसकी ~ अच्छा है it is better than that.

ansh·kālik a part-time: ~ रोज़गार --employment; ~ कर्मचारी -- staff.

akasmāt adv accidentally, all of a sudden [q. v. अचानक].

adāvat fu hostility; enmity; see वैर, शत्रुता.

abhay a fearlessness; ~ दान safe conduct.

afīm·chī mc opium-eater; (fig.) lazy fellow.

anāj mc corn, grain(s) (pl., kinds of) [मोटा coarse, सस्ता cheap]; ~ की कमी scarcity of --; ~ के दाने grains; ~ का भंडार grain-store. [syn. अन्‍न]

aphar·nā vi to be surfeited; पेट अफर गया है there is windiness in the stomach.

anokhā a singular, peculiar; see अनूठा, अजीब.

akelā I. a single, lonely: वह ~ जीवन बिताती थी she led a -- life; अकेली औरत -- woman; ~ आदमी lone person; वह अकेली थी she was alone; ~ पड़ना to be single; वह इस कला में ~ है he is singular in this art; ~ दुकेला stray, isolated [यात्री traveller]; △ ~ दम single-handed. II. mu loneliness अकेले में in --.