anām a anonymous [पत्र letter, पुस्तक book] = गुमनाम.

adhīr·tā fu impatience, restiveness; ~ दिखाना to show --; ~ से impatiently. [syn. उतावलापन]

anokhā a singular, peculiar; see अनूठा, अजीब.

aparichit a unacquainted, unknown, unfamiliar [व्यक्‍ति person, स्थान place, विषय subject]; वह मुझसे ~ है he is unknown to me, unacquainted with me.

astavyasta a helter-skelter, scattered; ~ बाल dishevelled hair; पुस्तकें ~ पड़ी थीं the books were lying --; ~ करना to scatter about.

anāth I. a 1. orphan [बालक boy, बालिका girl]; ~ होना to be orphaned; जो बच्चे ~ हो जाते हैं children, who are orphaned. 2. without a master; देश ~ हो गया the country was --. II. mc orphan. [fem. अनाथिनी, syn. यतीम]

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]

akhil-bhār·tīy a all-India: ~ कांग्रेस कमेटी -- Congress Committee; ~ सम्मेलन -- conference.

av·sheṣ mc 1. remain der; इतना ख़र्च हुआ इतना ~ रहा so much was spent, so much remained. 2. ruins; relics; प्राचीन काल के ~ - of the ancient period; पार्थिव ~ dead body. [syn. खंडहर]

araṇḍī fu castor: ~ का तेल castor-oil; जुलाब के लिए ~ का तेल दिया जाता है -- oil is given as a purgative.