ادهني अधनी a-dhanī S adj. Poor, indigent.

اٿاري aṭā-rī S̱. s. f. A thatched upper room.

آرتا ārtā आरात्रिक S̱. s. m. A ceremony attending marriage. When the bridegroom first comes to the house of the bride, he is received by her relations, who present to him, and move circularly round his head, a platter painted and divided into several compartments; in the middle of which is a lamp made of flour, filled with ghī and having several wicks lighted.

ادنا adnā A adj. compar. (of دني) 1. Inferiour, lowest, mean, small, little, trivial, unimportant; a person of no consequence. 2. Nearest.

اپشبد अपशब्द apa-shabd S s. m. A disagree- able sound, wind broken backwards, ungram- matical language.

استاذ ustāẕ P Same as استاد ustād, q.v.

اشٿ अष्ट ash̤ṭ S adj. Eight.

اتفاقاً ittifāḳaṉ A adv. Accidentally, by chance.

آسایش āsāʼịsh P (from آسودن) s. f. Rest, ease, tranquillity, repose, quiet.

آدت आदित्य āditya S s. m. A descendant of ادتي अदिति; a deity in general, the sun. ادتیت आदित्यवार āditya-bār, Sunday.