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ḍibiyā fc (small) box, case: माचिस की ~ match box; सुँघनी की डिबियाँ snuff boxes.

shīshī fc small bottle, phial; दवाई की शीशियाँ --s of medicine; ~ में तेल डालना to pour oil in a --. △ ~ सुँघाना to administer an anesthetic, to dose with chloroform.

sũghānā vt [caus. from सूँघना] to cause to smell; क्लोरोफ़ार्म (दवा, फूल) ~ to make one smell chloroform (drug, flowers).