apriy a unpleasant [घटना incident, कार्य job, बातचीत conversation, व्यक्‍ित person, स्थिति situation]; ~ लगना to be displeasing.

aṭ·kānā vt (cf. अटकना) to hold up, to obstruct [किसी को smb or smth]; रोड़े ~ to obstruct; किसी की राह में ऱोड़े ~ to put obstacles in smb's way.

aṇḍī fu = अरंडी q. v.

, अशर्फी asharfī fc gold coin; बादशाह ने फ़क़ीर को सौ अशर्फ़ियाँ दीं the king gave a hundred gold coins to the mendicant.

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]

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

aṅkit pp. from अंक, a written, inscribed, marked; ~ मूल्य marked price, nominal value; ~ करना to mark, to inscribe; अँगूठीं पर रामनाम ~ था Ram's name was inscribed on the ring.

asahya a unbearable [बोझ burden, पीड़ा/यातना torture; दुःख misery, दरिद्रता poverty; भुखमरी starvation]; see सह्य.

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