ghriṇit ā hateful, despicable [आचरण conduct, वातावरण atmosphere, वस्तु thing].

ghās fu/c grass [नरम soft, लंबी long/tall, हरी green]; सूखी ~ dry --, hay; ~ उगती है -- grows; ~ काटना, खोदना/छीलना to cut --, (fig.) to do a thing haphazardly/hurriedly; ~ खाना (चरना, सुखाना) to eat (graze, dry) --; ~ का मैदान grass land.

ghighiyānā vi (a) to falter in speaking. बोलते-बोलते वह घिघियाने लगा he began to falter while speaking. (b) to beseech, to implore: वह घिघियाकर बोला he spoke imploringly.

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]

ghunḍi fc (a) cloth button; कुरते की घुंडियाँ --s of a kurta; ~ लगाना to stitch a --, to button; ~ खोलना to unbutton. (b) knob; पिन की ~ -- of a pin; दराज़ की ~ -- of the drawer. (c) (lit. & fig.) knot: ~ खोलना to untie a --; to solve a riddle; △ मन की ~ खोलना to clear the mind.

ghaṭī fu (a) reduction: मूल्यों में ~ हुई है there has been a -- in prices. [more common कमी] (b)

ghānī fc (a) oil press: ~ का तेल oil made in the --; ~ करना to press oil. (b) sugarcane press: ~ से निकालना to take out from the --

ghus·pāīṭh fu infiltration: कश्मीर में शत्रु की ~ -- of the enemy into Kashmir.

ghumāv·dār a (a) winding, circuitous [सीढ़ियाँ staircase, रास्ता route, सड़क road]. (b) (fig.) round-about [ढंग way, निर्णय decision, शब्द words].

ghun·nā vi (a) to be eaten by a wood-worm/weevil; अलमारी घुन गई the almirah was eaten by weevils. (b) (fig.) उसका शरीर घुन रहा है his body is decaying (from inside).