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आर्ध (Ardha)

 
Apte
English
आर्ध [ārdha],
a.
 (Only used at the beginning of
comp.
 ) Half.
Comp.
 -धातुक
a.
 (-की
f.
 ) (In
gram.
 ) applicable to half the root or to the shorter form of the verbal base. (-कम्) a name given to those terminations and affixes which belong to the six non-conjugational or general tenses (opp. सार्व. धातुक)
cf.
P.
 III.4.114, I.1.4
II.4, 35
VII.2.35
&c.
 -नारीश्वरम् The story of the lord Śiva in his form as अर्धनारीश्वर. -प्रस्थिक, -कंसिकa. (-की
f.
 ) bought with half a Prastha or Kaṁsa. -मासिक
a.
 (-की
f.
 ) lasting for half a month, observing or practising (penance
&c.
 ) for a fortnight. -रात्रिकाः (pl. )
N.
 of an astronomical school who reckoned the beginning of the motions of the planets from midnight.
Apte 1890
English
आर्ध a. (Only used at the beginning of comp.) Half.
Comp.
धातुक a. (की f.) (In gram.) applicable to half the root or to the shorter form of the verbal base. (
कं) a name given to those terminations and affixes which belong to the six non-conjugational or general tenses (opp. सार्वधातुक)
cf. P. III. 4. 114, I. 1. 4
II. 4. 35
VII. 2. 35 &c.
प्रस्थिक,
कंसिक a. (
की f.) bought with half a Prastha or Kaṃsa.
मासिक a. (की f.) lasting for half a month, observing or practising (penance &c.) for a fortnight.
रात्रिकाः (pl.) N. of an astronomical school who reckoned the beginning of the motions of the planets from midnight.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
आर्ध in comp. optionally for अर्ध- (q.v.),
Pāṇ.
 vii, 3, 26.
Monier Williams 1872
English
आर्ध आर्ध (fr. अर्ध), used at the begin-
ning of compounds to express ‘half.’
Apte Hindi
Hindi
आर्ध
वि* - अर्ध+अण्
आधा