āloch·nā fc criticism [कटु/कड़ी adverse, रचनात्मक creative, ध्वंसकारी destructive, स्वस्थ healthy]; ~ करना to criticize; किसी की (पुस्तक की) ~ की गई smb (the book) was criticized. [syn. समीक्षा]

āyāt-kar mu import duty; ~ लगाना to levy --

āshvāsan mu/c assurance; ~ देना/दिलाना to give assurance, to assure; उसने अपनी सद्भावना का ~ दिलाया he gave -- of his good-will.

āṭā mu flour [गेहूँ का wheat-, मक्की का maize-, बढ़िया high- grade, महीन fine, मोटा coarse]; गूँधना to knead, छानना to sieve, पीसना to grind; आटे की मिल flour-mill; △ ~ गीला होना to be in hot waters; आटे के साथ घुन पिसता है the innocent get punished along with the guilty; आटे-दाल का भाव मालूम होना to confront difficulties of life; आटे में नमक के बराबर very little, a mite in the cheese.

² ānā mc anna (a coin, now defunct, but we do hear चवन्‍नी four annas, 1/4 rupee, 25 paise; अठन्‍नी eight annas, 1/2 rupee, 50 Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 042 -- paise) △ सोलहों आने ठीक perfectly correct.

ādar·ṇīy a respectable, revered; ~ अध्यक्ष महोदय ! respected chairman ! ~ पिताजी my dear/respected father.

āvārāgardī fu loafing, loitering, vagrancy.

ātmīyatā fu intimacy: ~ का भाव a feeling of --; ~ से intimately, cordially: वे ~ से मिले (बात करते रहे) they met (talked) cordially.

āyoḍīn fu iodine; ~ लगा दो apply --.

ātm·santoṣ mu self-satisfaction: ~ के लिए मरीज़ को देखने गया था I had gone to see the patient for --. Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 039 --