avyavasthit a out of order, disorderly [पुस्तकें books, प्रबन्ध management, रचना composition, लेख article]; वहाँ सब कुछ ~ था everything was out of order there; see व्यवस्थित.

aṭūṭ a unbreakable, steadfast [दोस्ती/मित्रता friendship, शीशा glass, सबंध relationship]. [syn. दृढ़]

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

aṛaṅgā mc obstacle, impediment: ~ डालना/लगाना to place an --; तुम मेरे काम में अड़ंगे डालते हो you create obstacles in my work. [syn. अ़ड़चन, बाधा]

asundar a ugly [चेहरा face, बालक boy, बच्ची child]; syn. गंदा.

andher mu injustice, outrage; ~ करना/मचाना to do wrong/injustice; ~ खाता irregular accounts, unfair dealings.

aho interj O! oh!

am·rūd mc guava (tree & fruit); ये ~ मीठे हैं these --s are sweet; अमरूदों के लिए इलाहाबाद प्रसिद्ध है Allahabad is famous for guavas.

akāl I. mu/c famine [भयानक dreadful, घोर horrible]: अन्‍न का ~ scarcity of food; ~ पड़ा है there is --; देश में इन दिनों ~ की स्थिति है there are -- conditions in the country these days; ~ -पीड़ित famine-stricken. II. a premature, untimely [मृत्यु death].

aspaṣṭatā fu obscurity [विचार की of thought, लेख की of writing].