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Poss. Kho. aluk, (Lor.) aḷuk ʻ pumpkin ʼ, WPah. bhal. ālu n., bhiḍ. e_lũ n. ʻ gourd ʼ, but see ālu -- .
alí -- see alin -- .
*alikā -- ʻ female friend ʼ: see ālī -- 3.

alikula 712 alikula n. ʻ swarm of bees ʼ VarBr̥S. [alin -- , kúla -- ]
Pk. aliula -- n.; OG. alīala m. ʻ bees ʼ.

alikhant 713 *alikhant ʻ not writing ʼ. [líkhati]
G. alehtũ ʻ ignorant, careless ʼ; -- very doubtful, cf. alheṛ s.v. *allaḍa -- .
aligarda -- , °dha -- see alagardá -- .

aliṅkāra 714 *aliṅkāra ʻ hornet ʼ. [Cf. alin -- ]
WPah. l. rudh. raṅghāl ʻ hornet ʼ, h. rudh. aṅgāl, Ku. alaṅār, N. arĩgāl, °gal, ariṅāl.

aliñjara 715 aliñjara m. ʻ waterpot ʼ MBh., āl°, alañjara -- m. lex. 2. *alinda -- 2.
1. Pk. aliṁjara -- n., °raa -- m.
2. M. aḷãdẽ n. ʻ a partic. kind of waterpot ʼ.

alin 716 alin m. ʻ black bee ʼ BhP., ʻ scorpion ʼ lex., alí -- m. ʻ bee ʼ Kālid., ʻ scorpion ʼ lex., alinī -- f. ʻ female bee ʼ Śiś. 2. āli -- 2 m. ʻ bee ʼ lex., ʻ scorpion ʼ VarBr̥S. [H. Lüders PhilInd 428 equates alí -- (< *r̥di -- ) with Gk. a)/;rdis ʻ spear -- point ʼ: perh. < *aḍin -- ʻ having a sting ʼ, cf. ala -- m. ʻ sting in tail of scorpion or bee ʼ lex., sāḍa -- ʻ having a point or sting (as stick, scorpion, &c.) ʼ Pat.]
1. Pa. alinī -- f. ʻ female bee ʼ; Pk. ali -- m., °iṇī -- f. ʻ bumblebee ʼ, aliṇa -- m. ʻ scorpion ʼ; H. alī m. ʻ black bee, scorpion ʼ; M. aḷ, aḷī, aḷaī f. ʻ maggot in grain or fruit ʼ; -- G. iyaḷ, eḷi f. ʻ worm, insect ʼ deformation < *aḷi?
2. Pa. āli -- m. ʻ scorpion ʼ, Pk. āli -- m. ʻ bumble -- bee ʼ; H. ālī m. ʻ scorpion, bumble bee ʼ; -- Si. aliya ʻ scorpion ʼ ← Pa. (with a, not ä).
alikula -- , *aliṅkāra -- .

alinda 717 alinda1 m. ʻ terrace before a house door ʼ Kālid., °aka- m. lex., ālinda -- m. lex.
Pk. aliṁdaga -- m. ʻ raised platform before a door ʼ; Si. lin ʻ a well ʼ; -- doubtful.
*alinda -- 2 ʻ waterpot ʼ see aliñjara -- .

alīká 718 alīká ʻ unpleasing ʼ AV., ʻ untrue ʼ MBh., ʻ a little ʼ lex. [For semantic relation of ʻ lie ʼ and ʻ little ʼ cf. Sh. koh. čōṭ ʻ lie ʼ ~ N. choṭo ʻ small ʼ s.v. *chōṭṭa -- ]
Pa. alika -- ʻ contrary, false ʼ, n. ʻ lie ʼ; Pk. alīya -- , ali° ʻ useless, untrue ʼ, n. ʻ lie ʼ; N. ali ʻ a little ʼ; Or. aḷiā ʻ untidy, unswept, rubbish, knotty question ʼ; H. alī f. ʻ misfortune ʼ, poet. alīh ʻ untrue ʼ; G. eḷe ʻ idly, uselessly, in vain ʼ (< *alie?).

alupta 719 alupta ʻ not cut off, undiminished ʼ Kālid. [lupta -- 2: √lup]
Pa. alutta -- ʻ unreduced ʼ; Si. alut ʻ new, fresh ʼ.

alūna 720 alūna ʻ uncut ʼ MW. [lūna -- ]
K. alūnu ʻ unreaped (of corn) ʼ.

alōman 721 alōman ʻ hairless ʼ Gaut., alōmáka -- TS., alṓ° ŚBr. [Cf. arōma -- MBh.: lṓman -- ]
Pa. alōma -- ; P. alū̃ ʻ beardless ʼ.

álpa 722 álpa ʻ small ʼ AV., alpakám ʻ a little ʼ ŚBr.
Pa. appa -- , °aka -- , Aś. apa -- , NiDoc. alpa, Pk. appa -- , °aga -- ; Sh. āpŭ ʻ little, few ʼ; K. opu ʻ mean, of low degree ʼ; A. āpā ʻ boy ʼ, āpi ʻ girl ʼ; Si. äp ʻ small ʼ. -- Ext. with -- la -- : Ash. apəlḗk ʻ little, few ʼ, ápalä, f. °lī ʻ bad ʼ, Wg. apilúk ʻ little, few ʼ; Gaw. apil*l ʻ few ʼ; -- with -- ra -- : M. aprā ʻ short, short -- nosed ʼ; -- perh. with -- ḍa -- : WPah. bhal. eipaṛo m. ʻ stunted bullock ʼ.
alpēccha -- ; *suvalpaka -- .

alpēccha 723 alpēccha ʻ having moderate wishes ʼ MW.
Pa. appiccha -- , °chā -- f. ʻ contentment ʼ; Si. apis ʻ contented ʼ, apisa ʻ contentment ʼ Geiger ES 8 but certainly ← Pa.

allaḍa 724 *allaḍa ʻ childish ʼ.
S. alaṛu ʻ ignorant ʼ, m. ʻ stripling ʼ; P. allhaṛ ʻ childish ʼ, ḍog. allaṛ ʻ inexperienced ʼ; N. allare ʻ childish ʼ; H. allaṛ, alaṛ, allaṛh ʻ boyish, ignorant ʼ; G. alheṛ ʻ ignorant, careless ʼ; M. allaḍ, alaḍ, alhaḍ ʻ raw, inexperienced ʼ: <-> redup. or + bālá -- : H. alaṛ -- balaṛ f. ʻ childish talk ʼ.

allā 725 *allā ʻ name of a tree or plant ʼ.
P. all f. ʻ a partic. kind of vegetable ʼ; H. M. āl f. ʻ the tree Morinda citrifolia from the root of which a red dye is prepared ʼ.

726 áva ʻ away, down ʼ RV.
Ash. wō̃ adv. and prep. ʻ down ʼ, Kt. ū, Wg. ū, ; Paš. ō -- kaṛe ʻ below ʼ; -- prob. from some extended form: Morgenstierne NTS ii 283 < avāñc -- .
avamá -- , ávara -- .

726a *avakaḍḍhati Add. 14245.

avakara 727 avakara m. ʻ sweepings ʼ Mn. [√k&rcirclemacr;1]
Ku. wairo m. ʻ handful of grain put in the hole of the mill for grinding ʼ; -- or poss. < *avakira -- , cf. Pa. ōkirinī -- , ōkilinī -- f. ʻ a woman cast out for some cutaneous disease ʼ. -- Cf. avakiraṇa -- .

727a *avakalati Add. 14246.

727b *avakasati Add. 14247.

727cávakā -- f. ʻ Blyxa octandra Rich., grassy plant in marshy land ʼ VS., ávaka -- m. id. MaitrS.
Kho. awóg ʻ moss ʼ rather than < úpōdaka -- T. Burrow JRAS 1967 41.

avakāśá 728 avakāśá m. ʻ space, room ʼ ŚBr., ʻ opportunity ʼ Kālid. [√kāś]
Pa. ōkāsa -- , avak° m. ʻ opportunity ʼ, NiDoc. avakaśa, avag'aj'a; Pk. ōgāsa -- , ōā°, ōvā°, avayāsa -- m. ʻ place, opportunity ʼ; G. avās m. ʻ open space ʼ; Si. ovasa ʻ open space ʼ (vahasa ʻ advantage ʼ ← Pa.).
abhyavakāśa -- .

729 ávakāśatē ʻ is visible ʼ ŚBr., ávakāśayati ʻ causes to look at ʼ ŚBr. [Cf. avacāˊkaśat -- ʻ shining ʼ AV., ʻ seeing ʼ RV.: √kāś]
Pa. ōkāsati ʻ is visible ʼ; Kt. wūkċe -- ʻ to look down ʼ; Wg. ōkaċ -- ʻ to see ʼ; -- or < utkāśatē ʻ shines out ʼ BhP.?

avakāśana 730 *avakāśana ʻ shining, being visible ʼ. [√kāś]
With anal. MIA. -- kk -- : S. okāṇaṇu ʻ to clear (of the sky) ʼ; -- doubtful.

avakiraṇa 731 avakiraṇa n. ʻ sweepings ʼ Car. [√k&rcirclemacr;1]
H. wairnā m. ʻ hopper of a mill ʼ. -- Cf. avakara -- .

732 avakirati ʻ scatters, pours out ʼ ĀśvGr̥., ʻ spills semen ʼ TĀr., ʻ bestrews, fills ʼ MBh. [√k&rcirclemacr;1]
Pa. ōkirati ʻ pours down or over, casts out ʼ; N. with pass. suffix oirinu ʻ to drop (as corn into a mill), fall headlong ʼ (less likely with ND 60 a 31 < *avagirati), oiro ʻ act of lifting up preparatory to dropping ʼ; H. wairnā ʻ to pour (rice, &c.) from hand or vessel, to sow ʼ; G. orvũ ʻ to pour (corn into handmill, rice into water, seed into ground) ʼ; -- cf. Pk. okkhiṇṇa -- ʻ scattered ʼ < *avaskīrṇa -- . -- See avakara -- , avakiraṇa -- .
Addenda: avakirati: S.kcch. aurṇū ʻ to put (grain) into a mill ʼ.

avakṣara 733 *avakṣara ʻ flowing down ʼ. [~ *avajjhara -- : √kṣar]
Or. okhara ʻ cow's milk ʼ; -- doubtful.

avakṣala 734 *avakṣala ʻ washing ʼ or *avakṣālya -- ʻ to be washed off ʼ. [Cf. Pa. avakkhalita -- ʻ washed off ʼ: √kṣal]
A. okhal ʻ dirt of body or clothes ʼ.
avakṣāˊṇa -- see *avajjhāyati.

avakṣāra 735 *avakṣāra ʻ downward flow ʼ. 2. *avakṣāla -- . [√kṣar]
1. Kal. uc̣hár ʻ waterfall ʼ; WPah. bhal. ɔ̈̄ċhār m. ʻ trickling ʼ.
2. Gaw. woc̣hāˊl ʻ waterfall ʼ.

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