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

aniyamit a irregular [छुट्टी leave, प्रवेश admission, परीक्षा examination]; ~ रुप से irregularly.

asatya I. a untrue [कथन statement, विचार notion, सूचना information]. II. mu untruth; ~ बोलना to tell lies. [syn. झूठा, झूठ; see सत्य]

anichchhā fu unwillingness, reluctance; ~ से reluctantly; अपनी ~ प्रकट करना to show one's --.

aṇḍ-baṇḍ I. a irrelevant; nonsense; ~ बातें -- talk. II. adv nonsense; वह ~ बकता है he talks -- /pointlessly.

aṭhannī fc [= आठ आना] half rupee, fifty paise [see आना].

adhik·tar I. adv mostly; मैं ~ घर पर रहता हूँ I mostly stay at home. II. a most: ~ लड़के most of the boys; ~ समय most of the time.

aṅgīkār mu किसी को ~ करना to own smb, to take smb to oneself; किसी बात को ~ करना to confess smth.

at·ev conj therefore, hence. [syn. इसलिए q. v.]

aṅgulī fc = उँगली; as a rule used in Sanskrit contexts: तर्जनी (~) forefinger, मध्यमा (~) middle finger, अनामिका (~) ring-finger, कनिष्ठा / कनिष्ठिका (~) the little finger; ~ संकेत pointing with a finger.