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.

āshcharya mu astonishment, surprise; सुखद ~ pleasant surprise; हमें ~ है we are surprised; मुझे उसके ऐसा कहने पर ~ हुआ I wondered at his saying like that; ~ की कोई बात नहीं there is nothing to wonder at; ~ से in astonishment; ~ में डालना to astonish, to put to surprise. [syn. हैरानी]

ājīvan I. a life-, life- long [कारावास imprisonment, पेंशन pension, सदस्य member]. II. adv throughout/for life; वह ~ भटकता रहा he wandered about --.

āy·kar mc income-tax, ~ घटाना to decrease --; ~ बढ़ाना (में वृद्धि करना) to enhance --; ~ -अधिकारी -- - officer; ~ -विभाग -- department. [syn. इन्कम-टैक्स]

ārām-kursī fc easy chair; ~ के सहारे पीठ लगाकर लेटना to lie down with a back against an --.

ān-bān fu pomp and show; ~ से रहना to live handsomely/elegantly; शादी बड़ी ~ से हुई the marriage was performed/celebrated with great --.

ālū-buḵẖārā mc plum [पीला yellow, पका ripe, लाल red, हरा green].

ādhunik a modern [इतिहास history, काल/युग age, जीवन life, नगर city, साहित्य literature]; ~ ढंग का बनाना to modernize. Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 041 --

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.

āg·zanī fu arson; शहर में ~ की घटनाएँ cases of -- in the city; ~ और लूट arson and plunder/loot.