ghap·lā mc (a) confusion, mess: ~ करना/डालना to make a mess of, to confuse (matters); यह क्या ~ कर दिया है what a -- have you made. (b) bungling; हिसाब में कुछ ~ है there is some -- in the account. (c) complication, entanglement: मामला घपले में पड़ गया है the matter has become complicated. [syn. a, c गड़बड़, b गोलमाल]

ghulānā vt (a) to dissolve, melt; पानी में चीनी ~ -- sugar in water. (b) to waste away: अपना शरीर ~ -- one's body. [vi घुलना]

ghol mc solution, mixture: दवाओं का ~ -- of medicines; ~ बनाना to prepare a --.

ghūsḵẖorī fu bribery: ~ अपराध है -- is a crime. [syn. रिश्‍वतख़ोरी]

gher mc (a) circle: ~ में बैठना to sit in a --. (b) circumference कुएँ (मैदान, पेड़) का ~ -- of a well (plain, tree). (c) लहँगे का ~ girth of a skirt.

ghātā mc [fr. घटना] deficit, loss; ~ उठाना/सहना to suffer a loss; घाटा पूरा करना to make up the --; ~ भरना to compensate for a loss; घाटे का बजट deficit budget; घाटे का सौदा losing bargain/proposition; घाटे पर below par, at a loss. [syn. नुक़सान, हानि]

ghasīṭ fu/c scribble, scrawl: ~ लिखना to scribble, to scrawl; ~ लिखाई scrawl, scrawling hand, scribble.

ghũgh·rālā a [generally pl. & restricted to 'hair'] curly [बाल hair].

gher·dār a wide [पायजामा pyjama, लहँगा skirt].

² ghāt mu (a) hurt: उसे ~ पहुँचाया hurt him/her; तलवार का ~ hurt by sword. (b) power: चार ~ /घाते पाँच four raised to the power five, 4⁵. (c) slaughter: गो ~ cow-slaughter; आत्म ~ suicide; (fig.) विश्वास ~ breach of trust. [syn. (c) हत्या]