apsara
/ˈɑp.sə.ɹə/
apsara noun: a class of female celestial beings, originally associated with waters and clouds and later especially with celestial dance, music, beauty and the divine courts.
Noun
apsara (plural apsaras)
- a class of female celestial beings, originally associated with waters and clouds and later especially with celestial dance, music, beauty and the divine courts.
- 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.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 40
- 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.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 102
apsara meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
apsara in Hindi
- a female spirit of the clouds and waters
- अप्सरा apsarā
apsara in Tamil
- a female spirit of the clouds and waters
- அப்சரசு apcaracu, அப்சரஸ் apcaras, அப்சரா apcarā, அரம்பையர் arampaiyar, அச்சரசு accaracu
apsara in Marathi
- a female spirit of the clouds and waters
- अप्सरा apsarā
apsara in Bengali
- a female spirit of the clouds and waters
- অপ্সরা opśora
More languagesFewer languages
- apsara in Telugu
- అప్సరస apsarasa
- apsara in Malayalam
- അപ്സരസ്സ് apsarassŭ
- apsara in Kannada
- ಅಪ್ಸರೆಯರು apsareyaru
- apsara in Punjabi
- ਅਪਸਰਾ apasrā
- apsara in Gujarati
- અપ્સરા apsarā
- apsara in Odia
- ଅପ୍ସରା apsarā
- apsara in Sanskrit
- अप्सरस् apsaras
- apsara in Assamese
- অপ্সৰা opsora
- apsara in Thai
- อัปสร àp-sŏn
- apsara in Vietnamese
- phi thiên
Forms of apsara
| plural | apsaras |
|---|---|
| alternative form | upsara |
| alternative form | apsaras |
Origin of apsara
Borrowed from Hindi अप्सरा (apsarā), descended from Sanskrit अप्सरस् (apsaras).
Questions about apsara
- What does apsara mean?
- Apsara means a class of female celestial beings, originally associated with waters and clouds and later especially with celestial dance, music, beauty and the divine courts.
- What is apsara in Hindi?
- Apsara in Hindi is अप्सरा (apsarā). See Apsara meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is apsara?
- Apsara is a noun.
- How do you pronounce apsara?
- Apsara is pronounced /ˈɑp.sə.ɹə/.
- What is the plural of apsara?
- The plural of apsara is apsaras.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: apsara (page history and authors); অপ্সৰা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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