अँधेरा

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Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit अन्धकार (andhakāra), from Sauraseni Prakrit

Adjective

अँधेरा (andherā) (Urdu spelling اندھیرا)

  1. dark
    Synonyms: अंधकारमय (andhkārmay), प्रकाशरहित (prakāśarhit), तमाच्छादित (tamācchādit)
  2. dismal, depressing, gloomy

Declension

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Derived terms

Noun

अँधेरा (andherām (Urdu spelling اندھیرا)

  1. darkness, absence of light
    • (deprecated template usage)
      मीन, नाश, विध्वंस, अँधेरा शून्य बना जो प्रकट अभाव। — कामायानी, पृ॰ १८
      mīn, nāś, vidhvans, andherā śūnya banā jo prakaṭ abhāv. — kāmāyānī, pŕ. 18
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonyms: अंधकार (andhkār), तम (tam), प्रकाशविलोम (prakāśvilom), प्रकाशाभाव (prakāśābhāv)
  2. (by extension) night
    (deprecated template usage) अँधेरे में बाहर मत जाओ।andhere mẽ bāhar mat jāo.Don't go out in the night.
  3. (figuratively) blurriness, mist, bleakness
    • (deprecated template usage)
      उसकी आखों में अँधेरा छाया रहता है।
      uskī ākhõ mẽ andherā chāyā rahtā hai.
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonyms: धूँधलापन (dhūndhlāpan), धुँध (dhundh)
  4. shadow
    • (deprecated template usage)
      चिराग के सामने से हट जाओ, तुम्हारा अँधेरा पड़ता है।
      cirāg ke sāmne se haṭ jāo, tumhārā andherā paṛtā hai.
      Move away from the lamp, your shadow's falling.
    Synonyms: छाया (chāyā), परछाई (parchāī)
  5. sorrow, hopelessness
    • (deprecated template usage)
      उसके मरते ही, समाज में अँधेरा छा गया।
      uske marte hī, samāj mẽ andherā chā gayā.
      Upon his demise, darkness swept the society.
    Synonyms: नैराश्य (nairāśya), उदासी (udāsī), शोक (śok)

Declension

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Derived terms