A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages

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691 árhati ʻ is worth, is able, deserves ʼ RV. [√arh]
Pa. arahati ʻ deserves ʼ; Aś. alahāmi ʻ I must, ought ʼ; K. layun ʻ to be worth (so much in the market) ʼ.

árhant 692 árhant ʻ deserving ʼ RV., °ta -- ʻ worthy ʼ, m. ʻ Buddhist mendicant ʼ lex. [√arh]
Pa. arahanta -- m., KharI. arahataṇa gen. pl., Pk. arahaṁta -- , arih°; Si. rahat, rāt ʻ honoured, saint ʼ Geiger GS 34, but prob. ← Pa.
ala -- ʻ point, sting ʼ, see alin -- .

alaṃkāˊra 693 alaṃkāˊra m. ʻ adornment ʼ ŚBr., °raka -- m. ʻ ornament ʼ Mn. [álam, kāra -- 1]
Pa. Pk. alaṁkāra -- m. ʻ ornament ʼ; Si. lakara ʻ adornment, beauty ʼ.

693a †alaṁdhūma -- m. ʻ thick smoke ʼ lex. [álam, dhūmá -- ]
A. ālāndhu ʻ soot ʼ AFD 90.

alaka 694 alaka m.n. ʻ curl, lock of hair ʼ Kālid.
Pa. alaka -- m. ʻ curl ʼ, m.n. ʻ roll, bundle ʼ; Pk. alaya -- m. ʻ curl ʼ; K. ara f. pl. ʻ hair of the forehead ʼ.
álaṁkṛta -- see áraṁkarōti.

alakta 695 alakta m.n. ʻ a partic. red substance, prob. lac or lac dye ʼ R., °aka -- m.n. Kālid. [Forms with ā -- suggest poss. origin from or contamination with ārakta -- , cf. raktā -- f. ʻ lac ʼ Suśr. and lākṣāˊ -- which M. Mayrhofer ZDMG 105, 181 derives from *rakṣa -- < IE. *reg -- s -- in Pers. raxš ʻ bright ʼ]
Pa. alattaka -- , la° m. ʻ lac dye ʼ; Pk. alatta -- , °aya -- , ālattaya -- m. ʻ lac ʼ; K. olutu dat. alatis m. ʻ lac dye, lac ʼ; S. arto m. ʻ red dye from lac, yellow dye from safflower ʼ; P. altā m. ʻ red and yellow powder thrown at Holi time ʼ; A. ālatā ʻ lac dye ʼ; B. āltā ʻ lac ʼ; Or. aḷatā ʻ lac dye ʼ; OMth. alatā ʻ lac ʼ; H. altā, āl° m. ʻ lac dye ʼ, G. aḷtɔ m., M. aḷtā, aḷītā, āḷitā, alitā m.; Si. latu ʻ lac ʼ; -- Si. alatāva prob. lw.
Addenda: alakta -- : Si. alatu ʻ red dye ʼ DSL 691.

alakṣaṇá 696 alakṣaṇá ʻ having no marks ʼ ŚBr., ʻ unfortunate ʼ Kālid., n. ʻ inauspicious sign ʼ Mn. [lakṣaṇá -- ]
Ku. alkhaṇ ʻ fault, sin ʼ, alakhṇo ʻ ill -- omened, faulty ʼ; Or. alakhaṇā ʻ inauspicious, unfortunate ʼ.

alakṣmī 697 alakṣmī f. ʻ ill fortune ʼ, adj. ʻ causing misfortune ʼ ŚāṅkhGr̥. [lakṣmīˊ -- ]
Pa. alakkhī -- f. ʻ bad luck ʼ, alakkhĭ̄ka -- ʻ unfortunate ʼ; G. aḷkhāmṇũ ʻ unfavourable, disagreeable ʼ.

alakṣya 698 alakṣya ʻ invisible ʼ MBh. [√lakṣ]
Pk. alakkha -- , Ku. H. G. alakh.

alagardá 699 alagardá m. ʻ water -- snake, Coluber naga ʼ Suśr., alagardha -- , alĭ̄garda -- , °dha -- m. lex.; alagardā -- f. ʻ large poisonous leech ʼ Suśr.
Pa. alagadda -- m. ʻ water -- snake ʼ, Mth. alādh BORI xxi 107.

alagna 700 alagna ʻ unconnected ʼ MW. [Cf. aláglam ʻ discon- nectedly, stammeringly ʼ ŚBr.: lagna -- ]
Pa. alagga -- ʻ not joined ʼ; K. alogu ʻ unsuitably ʼ; S. alag̠u, °g̠o ʻ separate ʼ ( -- l -- after lag̠o), P. alagg, Ku. alag, N. alag, °gga, A. ālag, °gā, B. ālag, ālgā, Or. alaga, °gā; H. alag, algā ʻ separate ʼ, argāī f. ʻ separation ʼ; OMarw. alago ʻ separate ʼ; G. aḷgũ ʻ not touching ʼ, n. ʻ menstruation ʼ; M. alag ʻ separate ʼ, adv. ʻ without touching, smoothly ʼ (with -- l -- after lāgṇẽ), aḷag ʻ properly ʼ.
alágla -- see alagna -- .

alají 701 alají f. ʻ inflammation of the eye ʼ AV., °jī -- f. ʻ discharge at the juncture of cornea and sclerotica ʼ Suśr.
G. aḷaï, aḷāi f. ʻ prickly heat ʼ.

alajja 702 alajja ʻ shameless ʼ Naiṣ. [lajjā -- ]
Pk. alajja -- , P. alajj, H. alaj; -- Pa. alajjin -- , Or. alajiā (with -- l -- after lāja).

alabhya 703 alabhya ʻ unobtainable ʼ Kālid. [√labh]
P. alabbh.
álam see áram.

alambaka 704 *alambaka ʻ not long ʼ. [lamba -- ]
K. alomu ʻ not pulled out straight (of a rope) ʼ.

alarka 705 alarka1 m. ʻ a fabulous animal ʼ MBh., ʻ a mad dog ʼ Suśr.
Pa. alakka -- m. ʻ a mad dog ʼ, Pk. ālakka -- m.; P. alak m. ʻ young unbroken bullock ʼ; M. aḷkā ʻ mad after, eagerly desiring ʼ; -- doubtful.
alarka -- 2 see arká -- 2.
álarti see *ral -- . [√r̥]

alala 706 *alala ʻ cheerful noise ʼ. [Cf. alalābhávant -- ʻ sounding cheerfully ʼ RV.]
H. alal -- bacheṛā m. ʻ frisky colt ʼ, alalle -- talalle ʻ feasting, merriment ʼ.

alavaṇa 707 alavaṇa ʻ not salty ʼ Pāṇ. 2. *alavaṇika -- . [lavaṇá -- ]
1. Pa. alōṇa -- , °aka -- , L. alūṇã̄, P. alūṇā, Ku. aluṇo, gng. alũṛ, N. alinu, B. (Manbhum) alonā, Bhoj. anūn, H. alonā, ano°; -- with -- l -- after uncompounded lūṇu, &c.: S. alūṇo, Or. alaṇā; G. aluṇã̄ n. pl. ʻ vow to eat nothing with salt in it ʼ.
2. Pa. alōṇika -- ʻ unsalted ʼ, Pk. alōṇiya -- ; B. āluṇi, ālni ʻ unsalted, fresh ʼ; M. aḷaṇī; Ko. aḷṇī, aḷḷī ʻ insipid ʼ.

alasá 708 alasá ʻ inactive ʼ ŚBr. 2. ālasa -- lex. [Mayrhofer EWA i 552 with lit. l -- form of arasá -- ]
1. Pa. Pk. alasa -- ʻ lazy ʼ; S. araho ʻ unwilling ʼ; WPah. bhal. alseṛi ʻ one who sleeps too much ʼ; Or. aḷasa ʻ lazy ʼ, H. alas, poet. arasnā ʻ to be lazy ʼ; Si. las ʻ slow, lazy ʼ. <-> Ext. with -- uka -- : Or. aḷasuā; -- with kk: P. ahlakī, H. alkasī.
2. Pk. ālasa -- , B. ālas, ālisā; -- perh. A. ālâhi ʻ guest ʼ. -- Ext. with -- uka -- : A. elehuwā ʻ lazy ʼ, OG. ālasū, mod. āḷsu; -- with kk: P. ḍog. ālak m. ʻ sloth ʼ (< ālh -- ); H. ālkas ʻ lazy ʼ.
*alasiṣṭha -- , āˊlasya -- ; *prālasa -- .
Addenda: alasá -- : Md. las ʻ slow, late, lateness ʼ (< ālasya -- ?).

alasiṣṭha 709 *alasiṣṭha ʻ most lazy ʼ. [alasá -- ]
K. alsēṭh, alsrēṭh, arsrēṭh, gen. °ēṭas ʻ very stout, foolish ʼ; -- doubtful bec. of ṭ for ṭh.
alāka -- see arká -- 2.

alāta 710 alāta m. ʻ fire -- brand ʼ MBh., ālāta -- m. lex. 2. *lāta -- .
1. Pa. alāta -- n., Pk. alāya -- n.; Sh. gur. alāŭ ʻ bonfire ʼ; K. alāv m. ʻ fire in a pit ʼ, H. alāw, °wā m.; G. alāvɔ m. ʻ fire kindled in a ditch round which Moslems dance at Muharram ʼ.
2. Sh. gil. lăï ʻ unlit torch ʼ, (Lor.) lēi ʻ torchwood ʼ; L. awāṇ. laī f. ʻ fuel ʼ; H. poet. lāi m.f. ʻ flame, fire ʼ.
Addenda: alāta -- : Sh.gur. alāŭ ʻ bonfire ʼ.

711 alāˊbu -- , °ū -- f. ʻ bottle -- gourd ʼ Suśr., m.n. ʻ vessel made of it ʼ AV., n. ʻ its fruit ʼ MBh., ālābu -- f. lex. 2. lābū˘ -- f. ʻ gourd ʼ lex., lābukī -- f. ʻ a kind of lute ʼ lex., lāˊpu -- m.n. ʻ a partic. instrument ʼ MaitrS. 3. lambā -- f. ʻ a bitter gourd ʼ Suśr. [Austro -- as.: Mayrhofer EWA i 55 with lit. Cf. further Pk. kalavū -- f. ʻ gourd ʼ]
1. Pa. alābu -- f. ʻ long gourd ʼ, alāpu -- n. ʻ gourd ʼ; Pk. alāvu -- , °āu -- n. ʻ gourd ʼ, °āvū -- , °āū -- f. ʻ the vine ʼ; Wg. aláu ʻ gourd ʼ, Kt. alṓu; A. alāu ʻ long gourd without a neck ʼ.
2. Pa. lābu -- f., °uka -- m. ʻ gourd ʼ, lāpu -- n. ʻ gourd ʼ, f. ʻ a kind of cucumber ʼ; Pk. lāvū -- , lāū˘ -- f. ʻ gourd ʼ, A. lāu, B. Or. lāu, nāu, Bi. (Patna) lauā. -- With kk: P. laukā m. ʻ bottle -- gourd, Lagenaria vulgaris ʼ, kgr. naukā m., °kī f.; Ku. lauko ʻ pumpkin ʼ, Bhoj. laukī; Bi. Mth. laukā ʻ bottlegourd ʼ, H. laukā m., °kī f.
3. Si. labba, st. labu -- ʻ gourd ʼ (Geiger EGS 150 < alāˊbu -- ).

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