(ā), f. a mistress, wife, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
[cf. Old Sax. frî, Angl.Sax. freó, ‘a wife’]
the female of an animal, [Var.]
news, [L.]
small cardamoms, [L.]
Arabian jasmine, [L.]
spirituous liquor, [L.]
N. of a daughter of Dakṣa, [VP.]
of various metres, [Col.]