aṣṭamī fu eighth day of lunar fortnight (some such days are sacred, as कृष्णाष्टमी, दुर्गाष्टमी).

aql fu intelligence, intellect [तेज़ sharp, थोड़ी a little]; यह मेरी ~ से बाहर है this is beyond my comprehension; ~ खोऩा to lose --; ~ चकराना to be non- plussed; ~ दौड़ाना / भिड़ाना to exercise one's --; ~ का दुश्मन fool(ish); ~ का पुतला man of --, intellect personified; ~ मारी जाना to lose one's wits: तेरी ~ मारी गई है you have lost your senses; △ ~ आना to see reason; ~ के घोड़े दौड़ाना to use one's brains; ~ जाती रहना to lose one's wits; ~ पर पत्थर/परदा पड़ना to be confused, to be out of one's wits. [syn. बुद्धि, समझ]

anusār a & adv के ~ according to, in accordance with [अपनी शक्‍ति के ~ -- one's power, आज्ञा orders, क़ानून law, नियम rule]; आपके ~ according to you.

aprakāshit a unpublished [ग्रन्थ/पुस्तक book, लेख article], see प्रकाशित.

av·nati fu 1. decline; देश की ~ country's --; स्वास्थ्य की ~ decline in health; ~ की ओर जाना to go on declining; 2. demotion [पद से from office, कक्षा से from class]; उसकी ~ हुई he was demoted.

aṭ·paṭā a absurd, inconsistent; अटपटी बातें -- talk; यह सब बहुत ~ लगता है all this looks very --.

akād·mī fc academy: साहित्य ~ -- of literature, कला ~ -- of arts, संस्कृति ~ -- of culture.

asādhya a incurable [रोग disease, स्थिति situation].

alhaṛ a carefree [जवान youth, जवानी youth, लड़की girl].

amīr I. a rich, wealthy [आदमी man, औरत woman. देश Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 022 -- country, लोग people]; वह आठ वर्ष में इतना ~ हो गया he became so -- in eight years, II. mc rich/wealthy person; यह तो अमीरों के चोंचले हैं these, of course, are the vagaries of the rich. [syn. धनी]