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

avval a 1. first [दर्ज़ा class, ~ दर्जे का first-class]; वह खेलों में ~ आया he came -- in sports. 2. first-class [ईंटें bricks]. syn. प्रथम, पहला.

anekānek, अनेकों anekõ a many (many) [धन्यवाद thanks, लोग people, जातियाँ races].

ahobhāgya mc & interj good luck ! यह मेरा ~ है it is my good fortune.

aṭṭhā mc (a) eight in playing-cards; चिड़िया का ~ eight of clubs; (b) [pl.] eights: चार अट्ठे बत्तीस four -- are thirty two.

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]

avishvas·nīy a unreliable, untrustworthy [रिपोर्ट report, व्यक्‍ित person, समाचार news]; see विश्‍वसनीय.

akaṛ·nā vi 1. to become stiff [सर्दी के मारे with cold]. 2. (fig.) to behave defiantly: तुम मेरे सामने अकड़ते हो ! you behave defiantly in my presence.

antardhān mu ~ हो जाना to disappear. [syn. लुप्त]

antardeshīy a 1. inter- state [व्यापार trade, संबंध relations]. 2. inland [नहरें canals, पत्र letter].