astra mc 1. weapon, missile; भाला, बाण, बम आदि को ~ कहते हैं spear, arrow, bomb etc. are called missiles. 2. (fig) means [उत्पादन के of production, शोषण के of exploitation].

andāz mc estimate, conjecture: ~ से बताना to tell by conjecture; ~ करना to make a ( rough) estimate; ~ लगाना to conjecture, to judge: वह दूरी का ~ ठीक-ठीक नहीं लगा सका he could not --the distance correctly; परिणाम से ~ लगाना to judge from the result. [syn. अनुमान]

anurūp a के ~ compatible with, in consonance with; यह उसके नाम के ~ है it is -- his name/fame.

achchhā - ḵẖāsā a fairly good [खिलाड़ी player, नौकर servant]; वह अच्छी-ख़ासी हिन्दी जानता है he knows Hindi fairly well; सफलता का ~ अवसर है there is a fair chance of success; उसका ज्ञान ~ है his knowledge is --.

anna-jal mu bread and butter; ~ उठना to be obliged to leave: हमारा यहाँ से ~ उठ गया है we are obliged to leave this place. [syn. दाना-पानी]

adhik·tā fu abundance, excess; कार्य की ~ -- of work; उपज की ~ plenty of produce; वर्षा की ~ -- of rain.

agādh a unfathomable, i.e. very deep [जल water, समुद्र sea]; ~ विश्‍वास deep faith, ~ पांडित्य profound learning. [syn. अथाह, गहरा]

agāū I. a advance; ~ पैसा -- money, earnest money. II. adv in advance वे वहाँ ~ पहुँच गये they reached there in advance.

al·sānā vi to relax; अब थक गये हैं, थोड़ा अलसा लें we are tired, let us -- a little.

am·chūr mu mango powder, powdered mango-parings; दाल में थोड़ा ~ डाल दो put some -- in dal (pulses); △ सुखकर ~ हो जाना to be reduced to skeleton.