The Sanskrit term Āvṛ can be transliterated into English as Avr or Avri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āvṛ (आवृ).—5, 9, 1 U.

1) To cover, hide, conceal; आवृणोदात्मनो रन्ध्रम् (āvṛṇodātmano randhram) R.17.61; K.199; आवरीतुमिवाकाशम् (āvarītumivākāśam) Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.24; धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निः (dhūmenāvriyate vahniḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 3.38.

2) To fill, pervade; सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति (sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 13.13; Manusmṛti 2.144.

3) To choose, desire.

4) To enclose, obstruct, shut, hem in, block; आवृत्य पन्थानमजस्य तस्थौ (āvṛtya panthānamajasya tasthau) R.7.31;12.28.

5) To keep off; आवव्रे मुसली तरुम् (āvavre musalī tarum) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.19. -Caus.

1) To cover or conceal.

2) To ward or keep off.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āvṛ (आवृ).—cover, veil, hide, surround, confine, bar, obstruct, occupy, fill. [Causative] cover, hide, fill up, ward off.

Āvṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and vṛ (वृ).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Āvṛ (आवृ):—[=ā-vṛ] 1. ā-√1. vṛ [Parasmaipada] -vṛṇoti, to cover, hide, conceal;

—to surround, enclose, shut, comprehend, hem in;

—to keep off, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Śakuntalā; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.:

—[Causal] -vārayati, to cover, enclose;

—to ward off, keep off, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

2) [=ā-vṛ] 2. ā-√2. vṛ [Ātmanepada] (ā-vṛṇe, [Ṛg-veda i, 17, 1, etc.]; 1. [plural] -vṛṇīmahe) [Parasmaipada] (-varat, [Ṛg-veda i, 143, 6, etc.])

2) —to choose, desire, prefer, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

2) —to fulfil, grant (a wish), [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āvṛ (आवृ) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āvara.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vri, A.

Starts with (+34): Avrida, Avridaka, Avriddha, Avriddhabalaka, Avriddhabalakam, Avriddhika, Avridh, Avridha, Avridvat, Avrih, Avriha, Avrihita, Avrij, Avrijina, Avrika, Avriksha, Avrikshaka, Avrimhati, Avrinak, Avrintaka.

Ends with: Abhisavri, Apavri, Navri, Pravri, Sagaravari, Samapavri, Samavri, Sampravri, Samupavri, Satavri, Savri, Upavri, Vavri, Vivavri, Vyavri.

Full-text (+16): Avara, Avari, Avaraka, Avarana, Avarika, Avriti, Avaranin, Avritishayana, Atmavritti, Pravriti, Avaridhi, Avaritri, Vyavriti, Pavurana, Vyavri, Avaranashakti, Duravara, Pravarana, Avunati, Samavri.

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