apsara
See also: apsará
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi अप्सरा (apsarā), descended from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras).
Noun
apsara (plural apsaras)
- (Indian mythology) A female spirit of the clouds and waters.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 40:
- But the boy's relatives don't sit on their behinds and wait for a pari or an apsara to drop out of the heavens.
- 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 102:
- But here was an apsara rising out of the waters of a holy Ganga, raising her arms in salutation to the sun rising above the range of hills and offering her behind to him to marvel at and worship.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 40:
Translations
a female spirit of the clouds and waters
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras)
Pronunciation
Noun
apsara
Further reading
- “apsara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
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Noun
apsara f (plural apsaras)
- (Indian mythology) apsara (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
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