अन्धकार

अन्धकार m

1. Devanagari script form of andhakāra (“darkness”)

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From अन्ध (andhá) +‎ -कार (-kāra). Compare Pali andhakāra.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐn.dʱɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐn̪.d̪ʱɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

अन्धकार • (andhakāra) stem, m or n

1. darkness

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• Dardic:
  • Dameli: andāra
  • Shumashti: andā́ra
  • → Proto-Nuristani:
    • Ashkun: andarä
    • Kamkata-viri: andərə, anər
    • Waigali: andára, andári
• Pali: andhakāra
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥𑀬𑀸𑀭 (aṃdhayāra)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Old Gujarati: अंधारउं (andhāraũ)
        • Gujarati: અંધારું (andhārũ)
        • Marwari: अंधारौ (andhārau)
      • Hindustani: andher, andherā
        • Hindi: अंधेर, अंधेरा
        • Urdu: اندھیر‎, اندھیرا‎
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: আন্ধাৰ (andhar)
      • Bengali: আঁধার (ãdhar)
      • Bihari: आन्हर (ānhar)
        • Bhojpuri: अन्हार (anhār)
        • Maithili: अन्हार (anhār)
      • Odia: ଅନ୍ଧାର (ôndharô)
      • Sylheti: ꠀꠘ꠆ꠗꠣꠁꠞ (andair)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Central Pahari:
        • Garhwali: अँध्यारू (andhyārū)
        • Kumaoni: अँध्यारो (ãdhyāro), अन्यार (anyār)
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: अँध्याो (ãdhyāo), अन्यार (anyār)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: आँधरु (āndhru)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Punjabi: haner, hanerā

          Gurmukhi script: ਹਨੇਰ, ਹਨੇਰਾ

          Shahmukhi script: ہَنھیر‎, انھیر‎

          • Lahnda: اندھار‎ (andhār), اندھارا‎ (andhārā), انہارا‎ (anhārā), ہنارا‎ (hanārā)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: ãdhāru, ãdhāro

          Arabic script: انڌَارُ‎, انڌَارو‎

          Devanagari script: अँधारु, अँधारो

          • Kachchi: આંધારો (ā̃dhāro)
  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: އަނދިރި‎ (aⁿdiri), ސަންދުރަ‎ (san̊dura)
      • Sinhalese: අඳුර (aⁿdura), අඳර (aⁿdara)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀥𑀸𑀭 (aṃdhāra)
      • Konkani: andhār

        Devanagari script: अंधार (andhār)

        Latin script: ondhar

        Kannada script: ಅಂಧಾರ್

      • Old Marathi: 𑘁𑘽𑘠𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 (āṃdhāreṃ)
        • Marathi: अंधार (andhār)
• → Hindi: अंधकार (andhkār)

• Monier Williams (1899), “Andha-kāra”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 44/3.
• “अन्धकार” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 25, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “andhakara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 18