kar·nā vt 1. to do: काम (कुछ, कुछ-न-कुछ, अच्छा) ~ -- work (something, something or the other, well); वह क्या कर रहा है what is he doing ? हम आज क्या करें what should we do to-day ? तुम्हारा भाई क्या करता है what does your brother do ? उसने कुछ नहीं किया he did nothing. 2. to make: ग़लती (प्रस्ताव, यात्रा, शोर, समझौता) ~ -- a mistake (proposal, journey, noise, compromise). 3. to render: आदर (सहायता, सेवा) ~ -- honour (help, service); इसे अंग्रेज़ी में करो render it into English. 4. to perform: आपरेशन (अपना कर्त्तव्य, प्रयोग) ~ -- operation (one's duty, experiment); संस्कार ~ -- a ceremony. 5. to commit: आत्महत्या (अपराध, ग़लती) ~ -- suicide (crime, mistake). 6. to hold: उत्सव (बैठक/मीटिंग, समारोह) ~ -- a festival (meeting, function). 7. [various meanings, commonly used to make verbs from nouns and adjectives e.g.] काम ~ to work; आशा ~ to hope; इलाज ~ to treat; छँटनी ~ to retrench; जुरमाना ~ to fine; तुलना ~ to compare; दर्द ~ to pain, to ache; नक़ल ~ to copy, to imitate; प्रतीक्षा ~ to wait; देर करना to delay, to be late; प्यार ~ to love; बात ~ to talk; सहायता ~ to help; सुधार ~ to reform; स्वीकार ~ to accept; उपस्थित ~ to present; कम ~ to reduce; गरम ~ to heat; जल्दी करो hurry up, be quick, make haste; ठीक ~ to correct; तंग ~ to tease; ताज़ा ~ to refresh; तैयार ~ to prepare; दर्ज ~ to enter; नया ~ to renew; नष्ट ~ to destroy, to waste; मुक्‍त ~ to free. [Hindi and therefore this dictionary abounds in such constructions, where conjuncts with करना, होना, लेना, देना, etc. are usual verbal formations. Many an English verb is also used in this manner. It is commonly understood. Examples --] अपील ~ to appeal; असेंबल ~ to assemble; इंट्रोड्‍यूस ~ to introduce; कंट्रोल ~ to control; कंपोज़ ~ to compose (in printing); टाइप ~ to type; नोट ~ to note; पालिश ~ to polish, काग़ज़ फ़ाइल ~ to file papers; फ़ोन ~ to telephone; बुक ~ to book; ब्राडकास्ट ~ to broadcast; मैच ~ to match.

chhãṭ·nā vi [several meanings in contexts] आम छँटे गये mangoes were sorted; पे़ड़ छँटे trees were pruned; बाल छँट गये hair was trimmed; भीड़ छँटा गई the crowd thinned; बादल छँट गये clouds were diffused; कर्मचारी छँटा गये employees were retrenched; छँटे हुए आम sorted mangoes; छँटा हुआ आदमी shrewd person. [vt छाँटना, n. छँटाई, छँटनी]

chhãṭ·nī fu (a) pruning, trimming: घास-फूस की ~ -- of weeds. (b) retrenchment: कर्म- चारियों की ~ -- of employees. [see छँटाई; v छँटना]

chhã̄ṭ·nā vt (a) to sort; माँ ने मेरे कपड़े छाँट दिये mother sorted (out) my clothes. (b) घास ~ to weed out grass; पेड़ ~ to prune the tree; बाल ~ to trim the hair; कर्मचारियों को छाँट गया employees were retrenched. [vi छँटना, n. छँटाई, छँटनी]