meanings of "api"
ind.
[sometimes with the a dropped according to the opinion of bhaaguri]
1.(used with roots and nouns in the sense of) placing near or over;
2.(as a separable adverb or conjunction) and;
3.it is often used to express emphasis in the sense of 'too', 'even', 'very';
4.though (often translatable by 'even', 'even if');
5.but however;
6.used at the beginning of sentences api introduces a question;
7.hope (usually with the potential mood);
8.affixed to interrogative words, api makes the sense indefinite, 'any', 'some';
9.after sords expressing number, api has the sense of 'totality', 'all';
10.it sometimes expresses 'doubt', or 'uncertainty', 'fear';
11.(with pot. mood) it has the sense of saMbhaavanaa 'possibility', 'supposition';
12.contempt;
13.it is also used with the imperative mood to mark 'indifference on the part of the speaker', where he permits another to do as he likes;
14.api is sometimes used as a particle of exclamation;
15.rarely in the sense of 'therefore', 'hence';
16.used as a separable preposition with gen.
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