toward

Student’s English-Sanskrit Dictionary

Toward,
Towards, prep. प्रति (with acc.), अभि in comp.; by अभिमुख -a. ( खी f.) or अभिमुखं -adv. in comp., ( गृहा- -भिमुखं प्रतस्थे), उद्दिश्य (with acc.).

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प्रतिअभिअभिमुखखीअभिमुखंगृहाभिमुखंप्रतस्थेउद्दिश्य

2 (With words of direction) by loc. also, उपरि (with gen.); ‘t. the north’ उत्तरस्यां दिशि, उत्तराभिमुखं; ‘t. me’ ममोपरि, मां प्रति, मामुद्दिश्य, मयि.

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उपरिउत्तरस्यांदिशिउत्तराभिमुखंममोपरिमांप्रतिमामुद्दिश्यमयि

3 प्रायः; ‘t. evening’ अभिसायं, सायाह्नकल्पं. -a. See

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प्रायअभिसायंसायाह्नकल्पं

Forward; ‘un-t’ अतर्कित, असमर्थि- -तोपनत.

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अतर्कितअसमर्थितोपनत

A Dictionary: English and Sanskrit

TOWARD , TOWARDS, adv.
(In the direction of) प्रति, अनु, अभिमुखं, उद्दिश्य;
‘towards the city,’ नगरं प्रति, नगराभिमुखं;
‘he set out towards the north,’ उत्तरां दिशतुद्दिश्व प्रस्थितः. — (With respect to) उपरि, उद्दिश्य, उद्देशेन, प्रति affixed;
‘towards me,’ ममोपरि, मामुद्दिश्य, मां प्रति;
‘want of courtesy towards you,’ तवोपरि अदाक्षिण्यं;
‘not behaving properly towards his father,’ पितुरुपरि असदृशव्यवहारी. —
(Nearly) प्रायस्;
‘towards evening,’ अभिसायं.

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प्रतिअनुअभिमुखंउद्दिश्यनगरंनगराभिमुखंउत्तरांदिशतुद्दिश्वप्रस्थितउपरिउद्दिश्यउद्देशेनममोपरिमामुद्दिश्यमांप्रतितवोपरिअदाक्षिण्यंपितुरुपरिअसदृशव्यवहारीप्रायस्अभिसायं

TOWARD , TOWARDLY, &c. See APT, FORWARD, SHARP, &c.