ãy-bã̄y adv irrelevantly, pointlessly; ~ बकना to talk --.

ādi I. ind part et cetra; कपड़े, गहने ~ clothes, ornaments etc. [syn. वग़ैरह] II. mu beginning ~ से अंत तक from beginning to end; इस कहानी का न ~ है न अंत this story has neither a -- nor an end. [syn. आरंभ] III. a initial, first; ~ कवि the first poet; ~ कारण primary cause; ~ काल early period; ~ निवासी aboriginese; ~ पुरुष the first progenitor; ~ रूप prototype.

āmantraṇ mu invitation, call; किसी को ~ भेजना to send an -- to smb; ~ -पत्र -- -card. [syn. बुलावा, cf. निमंत्रण]

ã̄chal mc 1. border/end of ladies' cloth; मुँह पर ~ डालना to throw the veil over the face; △ ~ पसारना/फैलाना to entreat, to beg; ~ में गाँठ देना to tie a knot in the corner of cloth (as reminder) [syn. पल्ला]. 2. region = अंचल q. v.

ã̄t fc intestine, = अँतड़ी q. v.; ~ उतरना protrusion of --, hernia; △ आँतें गले आना/पड़ना to be involved in some distress; आँतें सूखना to be very hungry; मेरी आँतों के बल खुल गये I had had good meal.

ārṭ mc art [syn. कला q. v.]

āshaṅkā fu/c apprehension, fear; शत्रु के आक्रमण की ~ fear of enemy attack; ~ करना to fear; मुझे ~ है कि I fear that ...

āb·kārī fu 1. excise; ~ अधिकारी -- officer; ~ विभाग -- department. 2. excise duty; ~ भरना/देना to pay --.

āp·bītī fu self-experience, account of one's own experience; ~ सुनाना to relate one's own experience/story; ~ या जगबीती one's own (first hand) experience or other people's experience.

āmad·nī fu income [अति- रिक्‍त additional, कच्ची temporary, कुल nett, पक्की/स्थायी permanent]; ~ और ख़र्च का हिसाब रखना to keep an account of -- and expenditure. [syn. आय]