ātm·nirbhar·tā fu self-reliance, self-sufficiency; हमारे सामने ~ का आदर्श रहना चाहिए we should have before us -- as our ideal.

āyoj·nā fc plan [better योजना q. v.]

¹ āyā fc female attendant, maid, ayah; उन्हें बच्चे (को खिलाने) के लिए ~ की आवश्यकता है they need/want a -- for baby-sitting.

¹ ān fu dignity, prestige; ~ तोड़ना to break one's pledge (word of honour); ~ रखना to keep one's pledge (word of honour); अपनी ~ पर अड़ना to hold ones dignity.

ādhā a half; ~ घंटा half an hour; ~ दर्जन -- a dozen; ~ हिस्सा -- of the portion; ~ हरा -- green; ~ ख़ाली -- empty; आधी दुकानें -- the shops; आधी रात midnight; आधे लोग -- the people; आधे वेतन पर on half pay; ~ - ~ fifty-fifty, half and half: उन्होंने आधा-आधा ख़र्च उठा लिया they shared the expenses half and half; आधा-आधा बाँट लेना to go halves; ~ करना to halve, to divide into two equal parts. △ ~ तीतर ~ बटेर heterogenous, neither fish nor flesh; ~ होना to be very much reduced; आधी छोड़ सारी को धावे सारी मिले न आधी पावे grasp all lose all, all covet all lose; आधे पेट खाना रहना to remain ill-fed/under-nourished.

āhlādit a raptured, delighted; मैं इस समाचार से ~ हुआ I was delighted by this news.

āhistā adv 1. slowly; ~ चलो go --; ~ -आहिस्ता slowly and slowly, gradually. 2. gently; ~ छुओ touch --. [syn. धीरे]

ātm·nirbhar a. self-reliant, self-sufficient; हर छात्र (देश) को ~ होना है every student (country) has to be --.

ākāshī a 1. sky-, celestial; ~ रंग sky-colour. 2. aerial; ~ उड़ान -- flight.

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.