आर्द्र

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आर्द्र (ārdrá). Doublet of आला (ālā) and ओदा (odā).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾ.d̪ɾᵊ/,

आर्द्र • (ārdra) (indeclinable)

1. (rare, formal) wet, moist, humid

   Synonyms: नम (nam), तर (tar), गीला (gīlā), ओदा (odā)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आर्द्र”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आर्द्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आर्द्र”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Derived from the root अर्द् (ard, “to dissolve”).^[1]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾ.dɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾ.d̪ɾɐ/

आर्द्र • (ārdrá) stem, m

1. name of a grandson of Pṛthu

आर्द्र • (ārdrá) stem, n

1. fresh ginger
2. dampness, moisture

आर्द्र • (ārdrá) stem

1. wet, moist, damp
2. fresh, not dry, succulent, green (as a plant), living
3. fresh, new
4. soft, tender, full of feeling, warm
5. loose, flaccid

• आर्द्रक (ārdraka) (see there for further descendants)

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आर्द्र”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ārdrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 61