ākramaṇ mc attack, assault [जवाबी/प्रतिरोधी counter-, सीधा direct, हवाई aerial]; शत्रु पर ~ करना to attack an enemy; किले (नगर) पर ~ कई several --s were made on the fort (city). [syn. हमला]

āpā mu self, ego; △ ~ खोना to forget one's self; आपे में आना to attain one's self to come to one's senses; आपे में न रहना, आपे से बाहर होना to be beside oneself, to lose self-control; आपे में होना to be in one's senses.

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.

āchār·vān a mannerly, of good conduct; वह ~ और सुशील व्यक्‍ित है he is a man of good conduct and disposition.

āsthāvān a devoted [देशभक्‍त patriot, विद्यार्थी student]; मैं भी ~ हूँ I am also faithful.

ādhipatya mu supremacy power; अपने ~ में रखना to keep under one's --; ~ जमाना to establish --; ~ (करनेवाली) सेना occupying army.

ās·rā mu 1. shelter = आश्रय q. v. 2. support; ~ टूटना to lose --; ~ देना to give support, to support. [syn. सहारा]

ādhār-bhūt a basic, fundamental [ज्ञान knowledge, सिद्धांत principle, शब्दावली vocabulary, शर्तें conditions/terms]. [syn. बुनियादी]

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

= आरकेस्ट्रा q. v.