

Now and then, presently, very shortly: -ab-tab karna, To put o continually, to delay to evade, shue:-ab-tab hona, To be in a dying state, to be at the point of death.-ab-tak and ab-talak, adv. Even now, yet, as yet, still.-ab-tab, adv. Now, presently, just now, now-a-days, a little while ago, recently.-ab-bh, adv.

ananta, 'without end,' 'endless.' H ab, (prob. auddha, 'impure,' 'incorrect.' As in Greek, a becomes an before a vowel e.g. 4˚ as an inseparable prex to a word beginning with a consonant, to signify negation or privation: e.g. 2˚ (for , in Almanacks and Astrology) for Sunday, and Aries. is used,- 1˚ (arithmetically, according to the Abjad, q.v.) for the number one. = ,( 1˚, the Devangar =the English , as in caprice and, 2˚, =the Devangar =the French e, as in fête.

1 =,(˚, the Devangar =the English u, as in rule (or=the oo in pool), and, 2˚, =the Devangar =the English o, as in pole.- with kasra, followed by , (i.e. ),=the Devangar =the English ai, as in aisle.- with amma, followed by the letter , (i.e. )=the Devangar =the English au (sounded like ou in house) with fata, followed by the letter , (i.e. , which is usually written )=the Devangar =the English , as in father with fata, followed by the letter , (i.e. with fata ()=the Devangar = the English a, as in cedar (or =the English u in fun) with kasra ()=the Devangar =the English i, as in n with amma ()=the Devangar =the English u, as in bull.- with fata, followed by , (i.e. Its pronunciation depends on the vowel which accompanies it e.g. a, the rst letter of the Arabic, Persian, and Urd alphabets. A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English John Thompson Platts
