ghun mc wood-worm, weevil; लकड़ी या अनाज को घुन खा/लग जाता है wood or grain is eaten by --. △ ~ लगना to be in the grip of canker, to suffer decay: उसको चिंता का ~ लग गया he was suffering from the canker of worry.

ghoṭāī f (a) = घोटा (b) charges for pounding: सुरमे की ~ -- antimony.

ghuṛ [short form of घोड़ा, in compounds] horse: घुड़चढ़ा, घुड़दौड़, घुड़सवार, etc. q. v

ghanṭā-ghar mc clock tower; चौक का ~ -- in the chowk (square); ~ की घड़ी बारह बजा रही है the clock at the -- is striking twelve, it is twelve O'clock by the clock in the --.

ghām mu (a) sunshine: ~ में बैठना to sit in the sun; ~ खाना

ghāgh a & mc clever and cunning (fellow); यह बुड्ढा बड़ा ~ है this old man is a very --. [syn. खुर्राट]

ghātī a & mc [found in compounds] killer: आत्म ~ suicidal: self-murderer, a suicide; जीव ~ one who kills a being; ब्रह्म- ~ one who kills a Brahman; विश्‍वास ~ one who betrays, traitor. [fem. घातिनी]

¹ ghaṛiyāl mc alligator: ~ मगरमच्छ से भिन्‍न होता है an -- is different from a crocodile. [syn. ग्राह]

ghunḍidādār a (a) cloth-buttoned ~ अँगरखा -- cloak. (b) knobbed: ~ मूठ -- handle. (c) knotty: ~ मामला -- question.

ghugghū I. mc owl. II. a foolish. [see उल्लू which is more common]