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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Āṃkha (आंख):—(nf) an eye; the eye of a needle: the sprout at the joint of a sugarcane; ~[micaunī] (the game of) hide and seek, blindman’s buff; also ~[micolī; —ānā] to suffer from ophthalmia, to have sore eyes;—[uṭhākara dekhanā, —uṭhānā] to cast a hostile look; —[uṭhākara na dekhanā] not to take notice, to treat with disdain; to feel ashamed or abashed; —[ūṃcī na honā, —ūpara na uṭhānā] to be unable to raise the eyes through shame, etc.;—[oṭa pahāḍa oṭa] out of sight, out of mind; —[kā kāṃṭā] an eye-sore; —[kā kājala curānā] to steal eyesalve out of one’s eye, to be an expert thief; -[kā tārā/—kī putalī] the apple of one’s eye, iris; darling, pet, beloved; —[kāna khule rakhanā] to be on the alert, to be alert and agile; —[kā paradā uṭhanā] to be disillusioned, to have one’s illusions shed away; —[kā pānī utara/ḍhala/mara jānā] blush like a dog/blue on black; to be lost to shame, to become shameless, —[kī kirakirī] an eye-sore; —[kī badī bhauṃ ke āge] to narrate somebody’s vice only to his intimate ones; —[ke aṃdhe nāma nayanasukha] to name a dunce Plato; —[ke tīra calānā] to make eyes at, to look amorously;—[garma karanā/sekanā] to gloat, to feast the eyes with animate beauty; to refresh, rejoice and feast the eyes; —[caḍhanā] to have heavy or drowsy eyes, to have a reddish tinge in the eyes (through anger; fever, intoxication, lack of sleep, etc.); to have the eyes upturned (as in death);—[curānā/chipānā] to cut indirect, to cut sublime; to avoid being sighted by, to avoid catching one’s eye; —[jhapakanā] lit. to blink—meaning, to be heavy with sleep; to begin to fall asleep; —[ṭeḍhī karanā] to frown, to cast a hostile/wrathful look; —[ḍabaḍabānā] to be on the verge of tears, to have the eyes filled with tears; —[tareranā] to look/speak daggers; to look with angry eyes;—[dikhānā] to fly in the face of; —[na ṭhaharanā] to be dazzled (by the sight of), to be unable to fix the gaze (on);—[na laganā] not to bat an eyelid, not to sleep a wink; —[nikālanā] to cast a wrathful glance; —[paḍanā] to sight per chance; —[patharānā] to have the eyes petrified, or have the vision blurred and dimmed through constant gazing; —[pasāranā/phailanā] to stare all round; to cast searchful glances all round; —[phaḍakanā] to feel a pulsation in the eye (according to Indian tradition pulsation in the right eye of a man and left of a woman is regarded as auspicious while the contrary is taken as a bad omen); —[phūṭī pīra gaī] the eye lost, the pain gone; better the eye out than suffer persistent pain; —[bacānā] to avoid being sighted;—[badalanā,-badala lenā] to bring about a sudden change in one’s favourable attitude, to withdraw favour or regard all of a sudden; —[bhara kara dekhanā] to fill the eyes with the sight of, to cast affectionate or amorous looks to one’s satisfaction;—[māranā] to cock one’s eye; to make a sign with one’s eye, to wink one of the eyes (as a sign of amorous intention or cofirmation of a conspiracy, etc.);—[milanā, —meṃ āṃkha ḍālanā] to look squarely in the face, to look straight into somebody’s eyes:—[mūṃdakara kūda paḍanā] a leap in the dark; —[mūṃdakara viśvāsa karanā] to pin one’s faith upon;—[mūṃdakara saudā karanā] to buy a pig in a poke, —[meṃ khūna utaranā] to have one’s blood up, to have the eyes reddened with extreme rage;—[laganā] to fall half asleep, to doze off;—[laḍānā] to meet stare with stare, to interchange glances, to cast amorous glances; [āṃkheṃ khula jānā] to be aroused from sleep; to learn a lesson; to become aware or cognizant (of); [āṃkheṃ khalanā] to make conscious of things, to put somebody on the alert; [āṃkheṃ carane jānā] not to be watchful, to be careless and negligent; [āṃkheṃ cāra karanā] to meet stare with stare, to interchange glances; [āṃkheṃ cāra honā] to look into each other’s eyes, to exchange glances; [āṃkheṃ curānā] to avoid taking notice of; to avoid an exchange of looks; [āṃkheṃ jamānā] to stare steadily; to have the gaze fixed at something; [āṃkheṃ ṭhaṇḍī karanā] to gratify the eyes, to bring cool comfort to the eyes (by seeing a pleasant object); [āṃkheṃ dikhānā/nikālanā] to look (at) angrily or menacingly, to cast a threatening look; [āṃkheṃ nīcī karanā] to look/cast eyes downward; (out of shame, modesty, etc.); [āṃkheṃ phāḍakara] or [phāḍa-phāḍakara dekhanā] to stare (at) with bewildered eagerness or astonishment; [āṃkheṃ pheranā] or [phera lenā] to adopt an attitude of indifference towards someone dearly loved, to withdraw one’s affection; [āṃkheṃ phoḍanā] to render blind, to ruin the sight (by strenuous study, etc.); [āṃkheṃ banda honā] or [muṃdanā] to have the eyes shut; to die, pass away; [āṃkheṃ bacānā] to avoid being noticed, to elude the observation of; to slink away; [āṃkheṃ badala jānā] to withdraw affection; [āṃkheṃ bichānā] to give a very cordial welcome; [āṃkheṃ bhara ānā] or [ḍabaḍabānā] to have the eyes filled with tears, to be almost in tears; [āṃkheṃ lāla-pīlī karanā] to become livid with anger; [āṃkhoṃ ke āge aṃdherā chānā] to faint (on account of a sudden fit of weakness etc.); [āṃkhoṃ dekhā] self-witnessed; •[mānā kānoṃ sunā na mānā] seeing is believing and hearsay is no evidence; [āṃkhoṃ dekhā hāla] running commentary; [āṃkhoṃ para ṭhīkarī rakha lenā] to become cold-livered, to give a cold shoulder; to be lost to shame; [āṃkhoṃ para paradā paḍanā] to be under an illusion, not to see the obvious; [āṃkhoṃ para biṭhānā/baiṭhanā] to extend a hearty welcome, to receive and treat with utmost affection and reverence; [āṃkhoṃ meṃ khaṭakanā] to be an eye-sore, to arouse unpleasant feelings; [āṃkhoṃ meṃ carbī chānā] to be blinded by pride, arrogance, lust etc.; [āṃkhoṃ meṃ dhula jhoṃkanā/ḍālanā] to pull wool over a person’s eyes, to dust the eyes of; to throw dust in the eyes (of), to cheat; [āṃkhoṃ meṃ rāta kāṭanā] to pass the night awake, not to have a wink throughout the night; [āṃkhoṃ meṃ samānā] to fill the mind’s eye, to be ever present in one’s mind’s eye; —[se lahū barasanā] the blood to be up.

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Starts with: Amkha-cimlanu, Amkha-lagaunu, Amkha-lagnu, Amkha-tarnu, Amkha-uthaunu, Amkhako-nani.

Ends with (+20): Abhikamkha, Abhikamkha, Ahikamkha, Ahilamkha, Akankha, Anovasamkha, Asamkha, Asamkha, Assamkha, Daporasamkha, Dhankha, Dhungri-pvamkha, Edamurishamkha, Gulleshamkha, Jahasamkha, Jhamkha, Jhamkha, Jhamkha, Jivashamkha, Kamkha.

Full-text: Semkana, Aankhaa-tarnu, Pareva-amkha, Micoli, Nachana, Acasko-fal-aankhaa-tari-bhar, Majakana, Dahini, Dahina, Nacana, Tedha, Sidhi, Seb, Shaba, Gamtha, Parada, Parda, Ek, Eka.

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