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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अप्सराः (apsarāḥ), nominative singular of अप्सरस् (apsaras).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /əp.sə.ɾɑː/, [ɐp.sɐ.ɾäː]

Noun

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अप्सरा (apsarāf

  1. (mythology) apsara (a class of nymphs, described as spirits of the waters and the clouds, who are dancers in Indra's court)
  2. beautiful woman

Declension

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Declension of अप्सरा (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct अप्सरा
apsarā
अप्सराएँ
apsarāẽ
oblique अप्सरा
apsarā
अप्सराओं
apsarāõ
vocative अप्सरा
apsarā
अप्सराओ
apsarāo

References

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अप्सराः (apsarāḥ), nominative singular of अप्सरस् (apsaras).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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अप्सरा (apsarāf[1][2][3]

  1. (mythology) apsara (a class of nymphs, described as spirits of the waters and the clouds, who are dancers in Indra's court)

References

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  1. ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अप्सरा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
  2. ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अप्सरा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  3. ^ Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “अप्सरा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press