Fiji Hindi - English Dictionary: a

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ab	adv.	now [Hindi], ab tak, ab talak - until now, ab nai - not now, syn: abhai [Awadhi]
abba	n.	father (used bu Muslims) [Urdu], also: abbu - an affectionate form of abba, syn: daddy, pitaaji, paapa
abhi	adv.	right now [from Hindi], abhi naii - not now
achanak	adj.	sudden [from Hindi], -adv achakke - suddenly [from Bhojpuri]
achaar	n.	pickle [from Hindi]
achchha	adj	good, nice  [from Hindi]
	adv.	okay, alright
	int.	I see!
admi	n.	man, husband [from Urdu aadmi]
adrak	n.	ginger (Zingiber officinale) [from Hindi], synonym: aadii, soont -dry ginger
afsos	n.	regret, remorse, dejection [from Urdu]
agarbatti	n.	a thin long incense stick [from Hindi]
agar jo	conj.	if  [from Urdu agar and Awadhi jo]
agle	adj.	next (agle saal - next year) [from Hindi agla]
agoro	v.	wait  [from Awadhi/Bhojpuri], agortaa - am waiting, agore - (he, she, they) is/are waiting, agorat (rahaa) - was waiting, agoris - (he, she) waited, agorin - (they) waited [from Awadhi], agorii - (he, she ) will wait [from Awadhi/Bhojpuri], agoraa - (I) waited, agoregaa - (I) will wait [from Urdu], agorbe (karegaa) - (emphatic) will wait [from Bhojpuri]
aise	adv.	like this, aisan - this kind [from Awadhi/Bhojpuri], synonym: aisane
ajaad	adj.	free, independent [from Urdu aazaad], -n. ajaadi - independence
ajab	adj.	amazing, strange, rare [from Urdu], synonym: gajab
ajmao	v.	try, experiment, test [from Urdu aazmaa'ish], ajmataa - am trying, ajmae - (he, she, they) is/are trying, ajmaat (rahaa) - was trying, ajmais - (he, she) tried, ajmain - (they) tried [from Awadhi], ajmaii - (he, she ) will try [from Awadhi/Bhojpuri], ajmayaa - (I) trieded, ajmayegaa - (I) will try [from Urdu], ajmabe (karegaa) - (emphatic) will try [from Bhojpuri] synonym: try karo
akchhar	n	letter (of the alphabet) [from Hindi]
akele	adv.	alone, by oneself, singly, unattended, unfriended; apart [from Hindi]
akkil	n.	wisdom, sensible [from Urdu aaqil], synonym: dimaag [from Hindi]
alag	adv.	unattached, unconnected, disconnected, detached, separated, distinct, loose, standing alone, unique, peculiar,  placed apart aside, alag se or alge - separately [from Hindi]
alaawa	adv.	in addition, apart from  [from Urdu]
Allah	n.	God [from Urdu < Persian < Arabic], also: Allah Taalah
ALTA	abbr.	Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act, also: ALTO - Agricultural Landlord and Tenant ordinance
amma	n.	mother [from Hindi], synonym: ma, ammii (used by Muslims) [from Urdu], maiyaa [from Awadhi/Bhojpuri]
amrud	n.	guava (Psidium guajava) [from Hindi]
anaar	n	pomegranate (Punica granatum) [from Hindi]
andaa	n.	egg [from Hindi]
andaaj	n.	guess, rough estimate [from Urdu, andaazah]
andhera	n.	a time of darkness, night or nightfall [from Hindi], synonym: andhiyar
andheriya	n.	moonless night
angur	n.	grape (Vitis vinifera) [from Urdu]
anguttha	n.	thumb, big toe [from Hindi]
araam karo	v.	rest [from Urdu aaraam], araam kartaa - am resting, araam kare - (he, she, they) is/are resting, araam karat (rahaa) - was resting, araam karis - (he, she) rested, araam karin - (they) rested [from Awadhi], araam karii - (he, she ) will rest [from Awadhi/Bhojpuri], araam karaa - (I) rested, araam karegaa - (I) will rest [from Urdu], araam karbe (karegaa) - (emphatic) will rest [from Bhojpuri], synonym: rest karo
are	int.	(used chiefly in calling to or addressing inferiors) Good gracious! O dear! What are you about! Oh! [from Hindi]
arkhati	n.	a recruiter's agent during the indenture period
asar	n.	effect [from Urdu]
asli	adj	original, genuine, real [from Urdu asli]
asmaan	n.	sky [from Urdu]
aspataal	n.	hospital [from English]
assi	n.	eighty [from Hindi]
athaarah	n.	eighteen [from Hindi]
atta	n.	father's sister (used by South Indians) , also: atte [from Tamil], also: ata [from Telugu]
auntie	n.	1. aunt, 2. female adult friend, a generation older than speaker  [from English]
aur	conj.	and [from Awadhi/Bojpuri]
aurat	n.	woman, wife [from Urdu]
awa	n.	1. grandmother (used by South Indians), 2. an elderly woman, also: auwa [from Telugu]
awaaj	n.	noise, sound, shout [from Urdu awaaz]
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