ullū 1. mc (a) [no fem. form] owl; रात को ~ बोलते हैं the owls hoot at night; (b) [met.] block- head (also काठ का ~). 2. a foolish, stupid; ~ बनाना to make a fool of, to befool. △ ~ का पट्ठा absolutely dull; ~ का मांस खाना to become idiot; ~ फँसाना/ फाँसना to entrap a green fellow, to rook a pigeon; ~ बोलना to be deserted: यहाँ अब ~ बोलते है it is now a deserted place. [no fem.]

uttar-pashchimī a north-western; ~ कोण/कोना -- corner; ~ दिशा -- direction; ~ रेलवे -- railway.

ul·jhan fc 1. complication, intricacy; ~ डालना (पैदा करना) to complicate matters; किसी को ~ में डालना to embarrass smb. 2. tangle; मैं ~ में हूँ I am in a --; ~ में पड़ना to be involved in a --; ~ सुलझाना to solve a difficulty.

up·rānt adv के ~ after [a time]; कई दिन के ~ after several days; इसके ~ after this.

uk·sānā vt to incite, to provoke; किसी को कुछ करने के लिए ~ -- smb to do smth. [syn. भड़काना]

up·nām mc 1. pet-name, nick name: इस लड़के का ~ नीटू है

udhar adv there, thither, on that side, that way; ~ चलो go --; उधर क्या हो रहा है ? what is going on there ? ~ से from there, from that side. [also see इधर, इधर-उधर]

udheṛ·nā vt 1. to unsew; कपड़ा ~ to unsew a cloth. 2. to flay, rip open; चमड़ा ~ to flay the skin; △ उधेड़कर रख देना to expose thoroughly.

ul·ṭā-sīdhā a absurd; ~ समझना to explain wrongly; उलटी-सीधी सुनाना to scold roundly, to revile.

ukti fc saying, dictum; कितनी सुन्दर ~ है what a fine -- it is ? [syn. वचन]