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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Apsara
//ˈɑp.sə.ɹə//
Synonyms for "apsara"
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1 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 21 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- অপ্সরা noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 飛天 /飞天 noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
French
1 entries- apsara noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
German
1 entries- Apsará noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Gujarati
1 entries- અપ્સરા noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Hindi
1 entries- अप्सरा noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Japanese
2 entries- アプサラス noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
- 飛天 noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Kannada
1 entries- ಅಪ್ಸರೆಯರು noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Khmer
3 entries- រម្ភា noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
- អប្សរ noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
- អប្សរា noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Korean
2 entries- 비천상 noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
- 압사라 noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Malayalam
1 entries- അപ്സരസ്സ് noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Marathi
1 entries- अप्सरा noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Odia
1 entries- ଅପ୍ସରା noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Portuguese
2 entries- apsara noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
- apsará noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਅਪਸਰਾ noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Russian
1 entries- апса́ра noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अप्सरस् noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Tamil
1 entries- அப்சரா noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Telugu
1 entries- అప్సరస noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Thai
1 entries- อัปสร noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phi thiên noun (a female spirit of the clouds and waters)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
But here was an apsara rising out of the waters of a holy Ganga, raising her arms in salutation to the sun rising above the range of hills and offering her behind to him to marvel at and worship.
Source: wiktionary
Don't burn us with your fierce austerities, O master. I'll have to send apsaras to distract you.
Source: wiktionary
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