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Adj
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Adjective
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Adv
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Adverb
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Bold
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When an English rendering is more common than others for a Hindi word,
I have bolded the more common rendering.
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C
|
Causitive Verb
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Conj
|
Conjunct
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F
|
Feminine Noun
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I
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Intransitive Verb
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Id
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Idiom
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LT
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Literary Title
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M
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Masculine Noun
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MF
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Masculine/Feminine Noun
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PN
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Personal Name
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PP
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Past Participle
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Pr
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Pronoun
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Pref
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Prefix
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Sfx
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Suffix
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SW
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Sanskrit Word
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T
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Transitive Verb
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Hindi Vocabulary
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Hindi
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Flag
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English
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पँचगुना
|
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Five times
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पं.
|
PN
|
Pundit (abbreviated title)
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पंख
|
M
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Wing, fin
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पंखा
|
M
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Fan
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पंजाब
|
M
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Punjab
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पंजाबी
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Panjabi
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पंजाबी
|
M, F, Adj
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A person from Punja;
Punjabi
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पंडित
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PN
|
Pundit, scholar
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पंद्रह
|
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Fifteen
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पंद्रहवाँ
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Fifteenth
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पऊमचरित
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LT
|
Title of a narrative poem: Paumcharit (Charit = story,
Pauma = pseudonym for Rama).
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पकड़ना
|
T
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To catch, hold, grasp
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पकना
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I
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To be cooked, to ripen
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पकाना
|
T
|
To prepare, cook, bake, ripen, done (in the cooking sense)
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पक्ष
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M
|
Aspect, side, wing, fortnight, party to
a suit
See:
पूर्व पक्ष और
उत्तर पक्ष
(a question and answer method of instruction like a catechism)
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पचगुना
|
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Five times as much/many
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पचपन
|
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Fifty-five
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पचहत्तर
|
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Seventy-five
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पचहरा
|
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Five fold
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पचानवे
|
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Ninety-five
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पचास
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Fifty
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पचासी
|
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Eighty-five
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पच्चीस
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Twenty-five
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पजामा
|
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Loose cotton trousers
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पञ्वम
|
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Fifth
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पट्टी
|
F
|
Bandage
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पड़ना
|
I
|
To fall, lie (down/around) (idly and/or uselessly)
To befall
In the future tense, can express requirement. E.g.
पानी
पड़ेगा = "water will be put in"
or, "water will be needed" (3.28)
In compound verbal formations
पड़ना
is used to express sudden, abrupt, spontaneous, and possibly possibly
unanticipated actions. In short, it is used to convey a sudden change of
state or circumstances.
Infinitive + पड़ना
expresses compulsion/obligation
Following a participle, indicates external compulsion
See:
-
चल पड़ना
(to start off spontaneously)
-
टपक पड़ना
(to arrive at some place unceremoniously or unexpectedly)
-
सकना पड़ना
(might become necessary)
|
पड़ाई छूटना
|
|
For studies to be discontinued
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पड़ोसी
|
M
|
Neighbor
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पढ़ना
|
T
|
To read or study
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पढ़वाना
|
C2
|
To have an agent teach someone
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पढ़ाई
|
F
|
Study, education
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पढ़ाई करना
|
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To be engaged in studies
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पढ़ाई
छोड़ना
|
|
To give up studies
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पढ़ाना
|
C1
|
To teach
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पढ़ाना
|
T
|
To teach
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पतंग
|
F
|
Kite
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पतंगबाज़
|
M
|
Kite flyer
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पतझड़
|
M
|
Fall
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पतला
|
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Thin
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पता
|
M
|
Address, information, whereabouts
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पता चलना
|
|
To find something out
See
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पता
चलना होना
कि
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To come to one's knowledge that
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पति
|
M
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Husband
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पति-पत्नी
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Husband and wife
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पत्थर
|
M
|
Stone
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पत्नी
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F
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Wife
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पत्र
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M
|
Letter; paper; journal
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पत्रिका
|
F
|
Magazine
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पथ
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Path; highway; road
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पद
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M
|
Foot; step; pace; footprint; trace; mark; position;
word; rank; status; post, appointment; line; couplet;
verse; object
See:
सिद्ध पद
(blessed state)
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पद्धति
|
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System; method; custom; process
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पद्मराज
|
PN
|
Padmaraj (personal name)
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पद्य
|
M
|
Verse, poetry
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पन्नालाल
|
PN
|
Pannalal (personal name)
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पपीता
|
M
|
Papaya
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पर
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?, Conj
|
But, yet; still
On, at, in
Added to an adjective, creates an adverb
For additional uses, see Kavita Kumar, 1994,
Hindi for non-Hindi Speaking People, pages 244-247
See also
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पर की
|
|
In (4.246)
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पर भी
|
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In spite of
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परंपरा
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M
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Progeny, series, tradition, heritage
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परक
|
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Pertaining to
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परदा
|
M
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Curtain
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परन्तु
|
Conj
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But
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परम
|
PN, ?, SM
|
(PN) Param
(?) heart, core, best part, darling
(SM) Can serve as a superlative marker
See:
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परम प्रकाश
|
|
Supreme revelation
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परमानंद
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PN
|
Paramannad (personal name)
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परम्परा
|
F
|
Progeny, series, tradition, heritage
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परसों
|
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Day after tomorrow, day before yesterday
See:
कल-परसों
(tomorrow or the day after)
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परावलम्बी
|
|
Dependence on others (?)
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परि
|
F
|
Copy
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परिक्षाम
|
SW
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Sanskrit word: pariksham
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परिचय
|
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Introduction, acquaintance, familiarity
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परिणाम
|
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Result
See
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परिणाम र्वरूप
|
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As a result
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परिणाम स्वरूप
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As a result
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परिपाटी
|
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Convention, tradition, order, method, arrangement,
arithmetic, motif
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परिपृष्ठों
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Circumstances
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परिमाण
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Quantity, volume, dose, proportion
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परिमित
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Limited, finite, measured, known, understood,
proved
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परिलक्षित
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Reflected
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परिवर्तन
|
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Change, exchange, transformation, transmission,
shift, conversion
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परिवर्तित
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Changed; varied; interchanged;
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परिवार
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M
|
Family
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परिशीलन
|
|
Study, critical study, touch, contact
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परिश्रम
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M
|
Hard work
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परिस्थिति
|
|
Circumstances, situation
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परीक्षा
|
N
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Examination
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परेशान
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Adj
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Troubled, upset, harassed
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परोक्ष
|
|
Ascetic, hermit, invisibility, absent, past tense, indirect,
implicit, latent, secret, unseen
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पर्याप्त
|
Adj, Adv
|
Enough, ample, plentiful
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पर्वतीय
|
Adj
|
Mountainous
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पल
भर
|
Adv
|
For just a moment
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पलंग
|
M
|
Bed
|
पश्चात्
(पश चात्)
|
|
See
के पश्चात् (पश
चात्)
(after)
|
पश्चिम
(पशि चम)
|
M
|
The west
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पसनद होना
|
|
To like, to be pleased
|
पसन्द
|
F
|
Liking
Direct construction often means choosing
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पसन्द
होना
|
I
|
To like -- literally, to be pleasing to
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पहचानना
|
|
See
की
पहचानना
: To realize the worth of something
|
पहनना
|
T
|
To wear, to put on
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पहरा
|
M
|
A turn of watch/guard
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पहरेदार
|
M
|
A security guard, watchman
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पहरेदारी
|
F
|
The work of a watchman; guard/watch duty
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पहला
|
|
First
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पहलु
|
|
Side, aspect, facet, flank
|
पहले
|
|
At first, first of all, previously
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पहले
से
|
Adv
|
From the beginning; already
|
पहले
से ही
|
Adv
|
Already
|
पहले-हपल
|
Adv
|
First of all; for the first time
|
पहाड़
|
M
|
Mountain
|
पहाड़ी
|
F
|
Hill
|
पहुँचना
|
I
|
To arrive, to reach
|
पहुँचाना
|
T
|
To take, bring somewhere
|
पहुंच
|
F
|
Reach; access; arrival; receipt; admittance;
sagacity; penetration
|
पहुंना
|
|
To reach, arrive, come, amount, befall
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पहूँच
|
|
Arrival, reach, access, clasp
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पाँच
|
|
Five
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पाँचगुना
|
|
Five times as much/many
|
पाँचनाँ
|
|
Fifth
|
पाँचवाँ
|
|
Fifth
|
पांईय
|
PN
|
Paneeya (personal name)
|
पांडेय
|
PN
|
Pandya (personal name)
|
पांति
|
|
Row, line
|
पाकिस्तनी
|
|
Pakistani
|
पागल
|
Adj, M
|
Insane, crazy, a crazy person
|
पागलख़ाना
|
M
|
Insane asylum
|
पागलपन
|
M
|
Insanity
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पाठ
|
M
|
Lesson, reading
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पाठक
|
M
|
Reader, teaqcher, Brahman subcaste
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पात्र
|
M
|
Character (lit., vessel) as in a persons character
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पात्रानुकूल
|
|
Appropriate to character
(Kumar)
|
पाना
|
T
|
To get, to obtain, to be able to
As an auxiliary: to manage to, to find it possible to, to get a chance to, to be able to
See:
आशाओं पर पाना
फेर देना
(to disappoint)
|
पानी
|
M
|
Water
|
पार
|
|
Across, on the other side of
See
के पार
(across, on the other side of, beyond)
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पार्टी
|
F
|
Party
|
पार्टी-वार्टी
|
|
Party or some other kind of gathering
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पार्शव पुराण
|
LT
|
Parshava Purana (literary title)
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पार्श्वनाथ
(पार्श् वनाथ)
|
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Parsvanath
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पार्श्वानाथ
(पार्श
चानाय)
|
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Parsvanath
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पालन
|
|
Abiding by, rearing, breeding, observance, nourishing,
fostering, tending, maintenance
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पालिश-वालिश
|
|
Polish or something like it
|
पाव
|
|
One fourth
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पाश्चमी
(पाश चमी)
|
Adj
|
Western
|
पाश्चात्य
(पाश चात्य)
|
Adj
|
Western
|
पास
|
Adv
|
Near, nearby
See
के पास
(near, in the vicinity of, toward, can indicate possession)
|
पिगुना
|
|
Three times
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पिछला
|
Adj
|
Last, previous
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पिछले महीने
|
Adv
|
Last month
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पिछले
साल
|
Adv
|
Last year
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पिछले
हफ़्ते
|
Adv
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Last week
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पिटना
|
I
|
To be beaten
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पिटवाना
|
C
|
To have an agent beat
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पिता
|
M
|
Father
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पियूष
|
|
Milk, nectar -- expresses nurturing qualities of a mother
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पिलवाना
|
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To have an agent give someone something to drink
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पिलाना
|
|
To give someone something to drink
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पिशक
|
SW
|
Sanskrit word: pishak
|
पिसना
|
I
|
To be ground
|
पीक
|
F
|
Juice of a chewed pan
|
पीकदान
|
M
|
Spittoon
|
पीछे
|
|
Behind, at the rear, in back, afterwards
|
पीछे रहना जाना
होना
|
|
To lag behind
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पीछे से
|
Adv
|
From behind
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पीटना
|
T
|
To beat
|
पीट-पाट
कर
|
|
Having beaten thoroughly
|
पीठिका
|
|
Background
|
पीड़ित
|
Adj, PP
|
Suffering (from), afflicted (by), distressed
|
पीढ़ी
|
F
|
Generation
|
पीना
|
T
|
To drink
|
पीला
|
|
Yellow
|
पीव्र
|
|
Intense, sharp, keen witted
|
पीसना
|
T
|
To grind
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पुछवाना
|
C
|
To have an agent ask
|
पुत्र
|
M
|
Son
|
पुनः
|
Adv, Prfx
|
(Adv) Again, once more, anew
(Prfx) re-
See:
पुनः
पुनः
(frequently)
|
पुनः
पुनः
|
Adv
|
Frequently
|
पुनर्निर्माण
|
M
|
Reconstruction, rebuilding
|
पुनर्मिलन
|
M
|
Reunion
|
पुनर्विवाह
|
M
|
Remarriage
|
पुन्यविजय
|
PN
|
Punyavijay (personal name), a Jain acharya
|
पुम
|
|
You, familiar
|
पुराण
|
Adj, M
|
(Adj) of the past, ancient; old
(M) an ancient work dealing with Indian
history, legend, and theology
-
भागवत पुराण
(Bhagvat Purana)
-
महापुराण
(Mahapurana -- Great Purana (literary title) by Acharya Jinsen (770-850 A.D.)
-
पार्शव पुराण
(Parshava Purana (literary title))
-
हरिवंश पुराण
(Harivansh Purana (literary title) by Acharya Jinsen)
|
पुरातन
|
|
Ancient, old, age old, archaic
|
पुराना
|
Adj
|
Old (used of things)
|
पुरुष
|
M
|
Man
|
पुरुषत्व
|
M
|
Manliness
|
पुरुष-रत्न
|
|
Gem like person, luminary (Informant)
|
पुरोगाभी
|
|
Predecessor
|
पुरोहित
|
PN
|
Purohit (personal name)
|
पुष्ट
|
|
Robust
|
पुस्तक
|
|
Book, volume
|
पुस्तकालय
|
M
|
Library
|
पूछना
|
T
|
To ask
|
पूजा
|
F
|
Puja, worship
|
पूरक
|
|
Complementary; supplementary; filler; supplement
|
पूरा
|
|
All, complete, whole, entire; full; gross;
total thorough; adequate; exact, perfect, ripe
|
पूर्ण
|
Adj, Suffix
|
(Adj) Entire, complete, full
(Suff): Creates an adjective from a noun and denotes full
|
पूर्ण
रूप से
|
|
Completely, fully
|
पूर्णतः
|
|
Entirely, completely
|
पूर्णतया
|
|
Completele, fully
|
पूर्णपः
|
|
Completely, fully
|
पूर्व
|
|
Previous
|
पूर्व पक्ष
और उत्तर
पक्ष
|
|
Purv paksha: a question and answer method of instruction like a catechism
|
पूर्वक
|
|
Creates an adverb from a noun
or adjective
|
पेंसिल-वेंसिल
|
|
Pencil or something else with which to write
|
पेट
भर
|
|
All that the stomach can hold
|
पेट भरना
|
|
To have enough to eat
|
पेड़
|
M
|
Tree or shrub
|
पैंतालीस
|
|
Forty-five
|
पैंतीस
|
|
Thirty-five
|
पैदम होना
|
I
|
To be born
|
पैदल
|
Adv
|
On foot
|
पैदल
चलना
|
I
|
To walk
|
पैदा
|
|
Born, created, produced, grown, earned, income, gain, production
See:
|
पैदा होना
|
I
|
To be born
|
पैन
|
MF
|
Pen
|
पैर
|
M
|
Foot
|
पैसा
|
M
|
Money
|
पैसा भरना
|
|
To make a necessary, possibly unpleasant, payment
|
पोषण
|
|
Fostering, rearing, cherishing, nourishment, nutrition,
protection, support
|
पौंड
|
M
|
Pound
|
पौन
|
|
Three quarters
|
पौना
|
|
Three quarters
|
पौने
|
|
N-1/4
|
पौराणिक
|
|
Mythological
|
प्यार
|
M
|
Love
|
प्याला
|
M
|
Cup
|
प्यास
लगना
|
IF
|
To feel thirsty
|
प्रकार
|
M
|
Type, manner, way, method
See
|
प्रकाश
|
M
|
Light
See
|
प्रकाश डालना
हुय
|
Id
|
While throwing light
|
प्रकाशन
|
|
Publication
|
प्रकाशित
|
|
Brought to light, published
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प्रकृति
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Nature, property, quality, nature or matter,
passive or material cause of the world, goddess
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प्रचार
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Spread
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प्रचारक
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PN
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Pracharak (personal name)
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प्रजा
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Subjects, public, populace
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प्रणाम करना
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To salute
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प्रणाली
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System, method
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प्रति
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See
के प्रति
(towards, with respect to, regarding)
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प्रतिकूल
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See
के प्रतिकूल
(against, counter to, contrary to)
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प्रतिघात
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Counter-attack
See:
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प्रतिदिन
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Adv
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Daily
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प्रतिनिधित्व
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Representation
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प्रतिपादन
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M
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Affirming, representing (as a case); expounding,
establishing, proving; giving, delivering; causing
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प्रतिपादित
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Set forth, interpreted, expounded, enunciated
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प्रतिफलित
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Reflected
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प्रतिबिम्ब
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Reflection, image
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प्रतिभा
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Genius, brilliance, understanding, intellect,
sharpness, light, splendor
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प्रतीक्षा
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F
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Waiting
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प्रतीत
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Seeming, apparent
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प्रत्यक्ष
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Obvious, apparent, direct, felt, seen
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प्रत्यक्षतः
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Adv
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Apparently
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प्रत्येक
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Every
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प्रदर्शक
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Performer, exhibitor, demonstrator, teacher, expounder,
prophet
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प्रदान
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M
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Giving, granting, giving in marriage, gift
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प्रधान
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M
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Chief, principle; consisting predominantly of; leader;
principal thing
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प्रधान
मंत्री
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M/F
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Prime Minister
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प्रधानता
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Importance, prominence
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प्रबंध
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Management, organization, thesis, composition, narrative
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प्रबनध
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Descriptive
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प्रबन्ध
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Management, organization, thesis, composition, narrative
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प्रभाव
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M
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Influence, effect, impression
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प्रभावान्विति
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Unity of impact or impression, pointedness of influence or
impression
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प्रभावित
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Impressed, influenced
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प्रभु
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M
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Lord, master, ruler
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प्रभुत्व
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M
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Lordship, sovereignty
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प्रमाण
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Testimony, proof, evidence, cause, mogtive, verification,
instance, example, authority
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प्रमुख
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Chief
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प्रयत्न
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M
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Effort, attempt
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प्रयास
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M
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Effort, endeavor, attempt; trouble, labor; desire
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प्रयुक्त
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Joined, yoked
,
used, compact
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प्रयोग
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Occasion; cause; motive; object; result; device; example;
comparison; act; experiment; use; application; exercise
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प्रयोजन
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Purpose, intention
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प्रवाह
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M
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Flow; sequence; course; current; disposal of ashes
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प्रवाहपूर्ण
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Fluent
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प्रवृत्ति
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Inclination, tendency, trend
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प्रश्न
(प्रश् न)
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M
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Question, query, interrogation, interpolation, problem
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प्रसंग
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M
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Context; occasion; sexual intercourse; association; mention;
insertion
See :
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प्रसंगानुकूल
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Appropriate to context
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प्रसाद
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Prasad (personal name)
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प्रसार
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Extension, expansion, dispersion
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प्रसिद्ध
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Ornamented, embellished, famous
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प्रस्तुत
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Adj
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Praised, introduced, proposed, mentioned, present, prepared
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प्राकृतिक
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Natural, nature-made, physical,
unsophisticated, refined
See:
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प्राकृतिक
वर्णन
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Description of nature
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प्राचीन
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Adj
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Eastern; Ancient, old; primeval; long-standing, immemorial
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प्राचीनतम
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Earliest
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प्राचीनता
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Antiquity
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प्राण
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M
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Breath; life
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प्राण-शक्ति
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Life force
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प्राणी
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M, Adj
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(M) Living being, animal
(Adj) Animate
See:
प्राणी
मात्र
(living being)
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प्राणी मात्र
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Living being, animal
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प्राणीमात्र
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Non-human living beings
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प्रान्त
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Place, border
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प्राप्त
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Obtained, received, found
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प्राप्ति
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?, ?
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(?) Receipt; acquisition; income; profit; advantage;
obtaining success; one of the 8 siddhis
सिद्धि
which imparts the power to obtain every desired object.
(?) Also the present tense of a verb meaning to obtain
(Informant)
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प्रायः
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Adv
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Often, generally, usually; approximately
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प्रारंभ
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M
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Beginning
See
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प्रारंभ से
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From the beginning, first of all
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प्रारंभ होना...
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Origin or advent of...
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प्रारंभिक
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Preliminary, elementary, original, initial
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प्रासंगिक
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Innate, inherent, relevant, contingent, incidental,
contextaul
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प्रिय
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Adj
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Dear
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प्रियतम
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Adj
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Dearest
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प्रियतर
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Adj
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Dearer
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प्रियता
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Lovability, beloved, being fond of
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प्रियदर्शिनी
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PN
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Priyadarshinra (personal name)
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प्रेम
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PN, ?, Adj
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(PN) Prem (personal name)
(?) Love, affection, kindliness, happiness
(Adj), Agreeable, valued, liked, observant of
rules, attractive
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प्रेमचंद
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PN
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Premchand (Personal name)
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प्रेमचन्द
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PN
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Premchand
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प्रेमनारायण
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PN
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Premanarayan (personal name)
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प्रेमपूर्वक
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Lovingly
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प्रेमसगर
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PN
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Premasagara (personal name)
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प्रेमिका
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F
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Beloved
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प्रेमी
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M, PN
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(M) Lover
(PN) Premi (personal name)
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प्रेरक
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Incentive; inspirer; motive; prompter
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प्रेरणा
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F
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Urging; incitement; stimulus; encouragement; inspiration
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प्रेरणामूलक
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Inspirational
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प्रेरणामूलक
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Adj
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Inspirational (Kumar)
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प्रेरित
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Inspired/motivated
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प्रो.
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Professor (abbreviated title)
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प्लव
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SW
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Sanskrit word: plav
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