A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages

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abhrá 549 abhrá1 n. (rarely m.) ʻ cloud, rainy weather ʼ RV. 2. abhríya -- ʻ belonging to the clouds ʼ, m.n. ʻ thundercloud ʼ RV.
1. Pa. Pk. abbha -- n. ʻ cloud ʼ; D. ōrp ʻ rain ʼ; Paš. ōbrə ʻ cloud ʼ (abr ← Pers. Morgenstierne IIFL iii 3, 3); Kand. ã̄ẓu ʻ cloud, rain ʼ, Mai. ky. aẓu; Chil. Gau. ažo ʻ rain ʼ; Savi abro ʻ cloud ʼ, Phal. ābru, Sh. áẓṷ m., pales. ã̄ẓu, K. obur m.; S. abhu ʻ the heavens, air ʼ; B. ābh, āb ʻ cloud ʼ Chatterji ODBL 301.; H. ābh ʻ rain ʼ, OMarw. ābhai m. loc. ʻ in the sky ʼ, G. M. ābh n. ʻ sky, clouds ʼ, Si. aba ʻ cloud ʼ; -- ext. with -- lla -- : G. ābhlũ n. ʻ clouds ʼ.
2. Dm. abrianá, °rená ʻ cloud ʼ, Gaw. a(l)benó: NTS xii 153 < abhríya -- with secondary suffix.
*abhrakāla -- , *abhratala -- , *abhrabhūta -- ; *upābhra -- ; *kālābhra -- .
Addenda: abhrá -- 1: S.kcch. abbh, ābh m. ʻ sky ʼ.

abhra 550 abhra2 n. ʻ talc, mica ʼ Suśr., °aka -- n.
Pk. abbhaya -- , abbhahara -- m., K. obur m., B. ābh, Or. ā˅bha.

abhrakāla 551 *abhrakāla ʻ cloudy weather ʼ. [abhrá -- 1, kālá -- 2]
H. abhāl m. ʻ cloud ʼ, M. abhāḷ, ābh° n. ʻ cloudiness ʼ.

abhratala 552 *abhratala ʻ sky ʼ. [abhrá -- 1, tala -- ]
H. abhāl m. ʻ sky ʼ, M. abheḷ n. ʻ sky ʼ. -- See also *abhrakāla -- .

abhrabhūta 553 *abhrabhūta ʻ cloudy ʼ. [abhrá -- 1, bhūtá -- ]
OG. ābhūuṁ n. ʻ cloud ʼ.

ábhri 554 ábhri f. ʻ wooden scraper, shovel, spade ʼ AV.
Bi. ābhā ʻ wooden shovel for distributing water in a field ʼ.
abhríya -- see abhrá -- 1.

amaṅgala 555 amaṅgala ʻ inauspicious ʼ Kālid. [maṅgalá -- ]
Pa. amaṅgala -- ; M. õgaḷ, vãg° ʻ bad, filthy, loathsome ʼ.
amaṇḍa -- see āmaṇḍa -- .
amanuṣya -- see ámānuṣa -- .

555a †ámatra -- n. ʻ large drinking vessel ʼ RV. [IE. *amatro -- , cf. malla -- 3 Burrow Tau vii 156]
Pa. Pk. amatta -- n., Si. amat ʻ eating or drinking vessel ʼ.

amára 556 amára ʻ immortal ʼ ŚBr., m. ʻ a god ʼ MBh. [mará -- , √mr̥]
Pa. Pk. amara -- ; Si. muru ʻ a god, immortal ʼ.
amarēśvara -- .
amarā -- see avarā -- .

amarēśvara 557 amarēśvara m. ʻ name of a place in Kashmir ʼ Rājat. [amára -- , īśvará -- ]
K. Omburhēr m. ʻ name of a village 4 miles N. of Śrīnagar ʼ Grierson KD 27.

amarṣa 558 amarṣa m. ʻ non -- endurance ʼ Pāṇ., ʻ impatience, anger ʼ MBh., ām° lex. [Cf. amarṣaṇa -- n. ʻ impatience ʼ MBh., Pa. Pk. amarisaṇa -- n.; marṣa -- m. ʻ patience ʼ lex., marṣaṇa<-> n. MBh.: √mr̥ṣ]
Pk. amarisa -- m. ʻ impatience ʼ; Ash. mə́ṣə ʻ anger ʼ, Kt. məṣo, Wg. muṣ; Pr. -- miṣ -- ʻ to scold ʼ Morgenstierne NTS xv 295.

amala 559 amala ʻ clear (of sky), spotless ʼ R. [√mála -- ]
Pa. Pk. amala -- ; G. amaḷ ʻ pure, free from dirt ʼ.
amalā -- see avarā -- .

560 amāˊ ʻ at home, in the house ʼ RV.
Pa. amā; Ash. amā˅ f. ʻ house ʼ, amā ʻ in the house ʼ; Kt. amō ʻ house ʼ (→ Pr. umūˊ ? Morgenstierne NTS xv 248), Wg. amāˊ, Shum. āma, Gaw. āˊma, āmū˘; -- NTS ii 241 < *āmāta -- ?
amāvāsyá -- .

amāˊtya 561 amāˊtya m. ʻ inmate of the same house ʼ RV., ʻ minister of a king ʼ Mn. [amāˊ]
Pa. Pk. amacca -- m. ʻ minister ʼ. -- X mantrín -- q.v.

ámānuṣa 562 ámānuṣa ʻ not human ʼ RV., amanuṣya -- KātyŚr. [māˊnuṣa -- ]
Pa. amānusa -- ʻ not human ʼ, amanussa -- m. ʻ devilish being ʼ; Pk. amaṇussa -- ʻ not human ʼ, Si. aminis (X minis, see manuṣya -- ).

amāvāsyà 563 amāvāsyà n. ʻ neighbourhood ʼ AV. [amāˊ, vāsá -- 1]
Ash. amoaṣī (š ?) ʻ neighbour ʼ, Wg. amūwešé Morgenstierne NTS xvii 226.
amāvāsyāˋ -- .

amāvāsyaka 564 amāvāsyaka ʻ born on a new moon night ʼ Pāṇ. [amāvāsyāˋ -- ]
N. aũsyāhā ʻ child born on a new moon night ʼ, Or. uã̄si ʻ a daughter so born ʼ.

amāvāsyāˋ 565 amāvāsyāˋ f. ʻ the night of the new moon ʼ AV. 2. amā- vāsíyā -- . [amāvāsyágrave; -- ]
1. Pa. amāvasiyaṁ loc. sg., Pk. amāvassā -- , °vā˅sā -- f., K. māwas, loc. °wȧsi f., P. amāus f., EP. maus f., ḍog. vãs, ãs f., WPah. khaś. ã̄s, bhal. awã̄s f., Ku. aũs, Or. uã̄sa, H. amāwas f., G. amās f.; M. āvas, avas, aūs, loc. avśī˜, f. ʻ day of the new moon; early night, just before dawn ʼ; Si. amā ʻ day of the new moon ʼ.
2. N. aũsi, A. ã̄uhi.
Addenda: amāvāsyāˋ -- : Garh. ɔ̃s ʻ full moon ʼ.

amítra 566 amítra m. ʻ enemy ʼ RV. [mítra -- ]
Pa. Pk. amitta -- m., Kt. amitrɔ̃ obl. pl., Kal. amitra.
Addenda: amítra -- : Si. amit ʻ enemy ʼ.
*amūliya -- see amūlya -- .

ámiśra 567 ámiśra ʻ unmixed ʼ ŚBr. [miśrá -- ]
Pa. amissa -- , °saka -- , Aś. amisā nom. pl.; S. aiso ʻ plain, unmixed (of rice in cooking) ʼ.

amuka 568 amuka ʻ such and such person ʼ Yājñ. [See asáu]
Pa. amuka -- ; Pk. amuga -- , °ua -- ʻ someone, that ʼ; Si. mū ʻ he, she, it ʼ.

569 amukhá -- , ám° ʻ mouthless ʼ ŚBr. [múkha -- ]
Pa. amukha -- ; Pk. amuha -- ʻ without an answer ʼ; M. amū ʻ dumb ʼ Bloch LM 288 (retention of -- m -- due to mukā ʻ dumb ʼ, see mūˊka -- ).

amūlya 570 amūlya ʻ priceless ʼ MW. 2. *amūliya -- . [mūlya -- ]
1. K. amọ̆lu ʻ priceless, gratis ʼ; -- or poss. < *amaulya -- , Pk. amolla -- .
2. Pa. amūlika -- .
Addenda: amūlya -- . 2. *amūliya -- : Si. amila ʻ priceless ʼ.

amŕ̊ta 571 amŕ̊ta ʻ immortal ʼ, n. ʻ nectar ʼ RV. [mr̥tá -- ]
Pa. NiDoc. amata -- ; Pk. amaya -- , amiya -- , amuya -- n. ʻ nectar ʼ, Si. amāva Geiger EGS 9, but certainly ← Pa., as other mod. forms are ← Pk.: A. amiyā ʻ very sweet ʼ, Or. amia ʻ sweet ʼ, G. amī f. ʻ nectar ʼ.
AMB ʻ go ʼ: ámbati.

572 ámbati ʻ goes ʼ Dhātup. [Cf. amiti Pāṇ.: √amb]
Pa. ambati; G. ã̄bvũ ʻ to go towards, reach, touch ʼ; <-> Si. am̆bavanavā, ham̆banavā ʻ to drive away ʼ Geiger ES 7 rather < *saṁbhāyayati.

ámbara 573 ámbara n. ʻ circumference ʼ RV. 2. ʻ clothes ʼ MBh.
1. Pa. ambara -- n.; Pk. aṁbara -- n. ʻ sky ʼ; Si. am̆bura ʻ open space, open air, sky ʼ.
2. Pa. ambara -- n.m. ʻ cloth, upper garment ʼ; Pk. aṁbara -- n. ʻ cloth, garment ʼ; OG. āṁbara n. ʻ expensive clothes ʼ; Si. am̆bara ʻ clothing ʼ. -- See kambalá -- .

ambāˊ 574 ambāˊ f. ʻ mother ʼ RV. [Cf. ambíbrevmacr; -- RV., ámbikā -- VS., ambāḍā -- , °ālā -- Pāṇ., °ālī -- TS.]
Pa. ambā -- , ammā -- f. ʻ mother ʼ, ambakā -- f. ʻ poor woman ʼ; Aś. abaka -- ʻ nurse ʼ; KharI. aṁbaē gen. sg. ʻ mother ʼ, Pk. aṁbā -- f., aṁmā -- , °mayā -- f.; aṁbiā -- ʻ name of a goddess ʼ; K. ama f. ʻ grandmother, esp. an old prostitute or bawd ʼ; S. amā, amī f. ʻ mother, daughter ʼ; L. P. WPah. bhal. ammã̄ f. ʻ mother ʼ; Ku. āmā ʻ grandmother ʼ, gng. ã̄m; N. āmā ʻ mother ʼ; A. āmai ʻ mother of

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