ghū̃ṭ mc draught: चाय (पानी, शर्बत) का ~ -- of tea (water, syrup]; छोटा ~ sip; बड़ा ~ gulp; ~ भरना to have a --; एक ही ~ में पी जाना to drink at a draught; दो ~ पानी पी लो have a couple of draughts.

¹ ghan mc [poetic] cloud [syn. बादल]

gham·sān, घमासान ghamā- sān I. a fierce [रण/युध्द battle, जनसंहार human slaughter]. [syn. घोर] II. mc fierce/close battle; ~ करना/मचाना to have a heavy engagement, to create havoc by fight.

gharānā mc dynasty, family [प्रतिष्ठित reputed, सम्पन्‍न well-to-do, शाही royal]; संगीत का ~ school of music.

² ghaṭ·nā fc occurrence, incident, event [अप्रत्याशित unexpected, महत्त्वपूर्ण important, महान् great, विचित्र peculiar, स्थानीय local]; ~ घटी or घटित हुई an incident took place; ~ की जाँच-पड़ताल inquiry into an --; उसके जीवन की यह एक भारी ~ थी it was a great event in/of his life.

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

ghaṭ·tī fu decrease, reduction; क़ीमतों में ~ -- in prices;

ghaṭit ~ होना to occur, to take place; एक घटना ~ हूई an event/incident occurred (took place); ऐसा एक बार ~ हुआ it occurred/happened once.

ghaṭ nā-sthal mc site/scene of incident, place of occurrence; युध्द (फ़साद, हत्या) का ~ scene of a battle (riot, murder); पुलिस ~ पर पहुँची the police reached the --.

ghās-pāt, घास-फुस ghās-phūs mu (a) weed (and straw): क्यारी में से ~ निकालना to take out --from a flowerbed. [syn. खर- पतवार] (b) rubbish: आँगन में से ~ साफ़ कर दो clear away -- from the courtyard. [syn. कूड़ा करकट]