ghis-ghis fu dilly-dallying, dilatoriness: तुम्हारी इस ~ से हम तंग हैं we are fed up with this -- of yours; ~ करना to dilly- dally; ~ मत करो, जल्दी बना दो don't dilly-dally, make it quickly.

ghaniṣṭha a close, intimate [मित्र friend, संपर्क contact, संबंध relationship]. [syn. गहरा]

ghū̃sebāzī fu (a) fisticuffs: उनमें ~ शुरू हो गई they came to --s, they began to blow with fists. (b) boxing: ~ का मैच boxing match. [syn. मुक्केबाज़ी]

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.

ghoṭ·nā vt = घोंटना q. v.

ghuṭan fu suffocation; इस कमरे में ~ (लगती) है there is -- in this room; ~ पैदा करना to cause --; ~ पैदा करने वाला suffocating [वातावरण atmosphere].

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]

ghab·ṛāhaṭ, घब़राहट ghab·rāhaṭ fu (a) bewilderment: वह ~ में थी she was in --. (b) restlessness: इस ख़बर से ~ पैदा हो गई -- was caused by this news. (c) consternation, panic: ~ के मारे लोग भागने लगे people began to run away on account of --. [v. घबराना]

ghumakkaṛ a & mc = घुमंतू [with a little difference; घुमक्कड़ is by habit or profession].

ghūs fu bribe, illegal gratification; ~ खाना to accept --; ~ देना to bribe; वह ~ लेते पकड़ा गया he was caught taking bribe. [syn. रिश्‍वत]