अर्धे

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अर्धे  n.  ind. in the middle, [Śāk.] ( अर्ध in comp. with a subst. means ‘the half part of anything’ [ cf. [Pāṇ. 2-2, 2]], with an adj. or past Pass. p. [ cf. [Pāṇ. 5-4, 5]] ‘half’; also with an adj. indicating measure [ cf. [Pāṇ. 7-3, 26 and 27]]; a peculiar kind of compound is formed with ordinals [ cf. [Pāṇ. 1-1, 23] Comm.] e.g. अर्ध-तृतीय, containing a half for its third, i.e. two and a half; अर्ध-चतुर्थ, having a half for its fourth, three and a half.)