Apsara

//ˈɑp.sə.ɹə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female spirit of the clouds and waters. Hinduism

    "But the boy's relatives don't sit on their behinds and wait for a pari or an apsara to drop out of the heavens."

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"But the boy's relatives don't sit on their behinds and wait for a pari or an apsara to drop out of the heavens."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi अप्सरा (apsarā), descended from Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras).

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