chuṭiyā fc (a) tuft of hair on top of head [of Hindu males]. (b) braid [of females]. △ ~ हाथ में होना to be under one's control. [dim. of चोटी q. v.]

chuG·lī fu/c back-biting, sneaking, tale-bearing: किसी की ~ खाना/लगाना to backbite (against) smb.

chalan mu (a) vogue, fashion: कटे बालों (मिनि स्कर्ट, हैट) का ~ -- of bobbed hair (mini skirt, hat). (b) currency: भाषा (सिक्के, नोटों) का ~ -- of language (coins, notes). आजकल इकन्‍नी का ~ नहीं रहा one-anna (coin) is no longer in vogue या -- now.

charāchar a [= चर + अचर movable and immovable] animate and inanimate: ~ जगत् the -- world, the entire creation.

chāūdh·rī mc headman, chief: गाँव का ~ village --; मंडी का ~ -- of a trade; घर का ~ head of the family. [fem. चौधराइन, चौधरानी]

chaṭāk-paṭāk 1. fu = चटचट. 2. adv = चटपट.

chāūbis a twenty four, 24 [किलो kilos, रूपये rupees, घंटे hours]; चौबीसों घंटे all the twenty four hours, day and night.

chappā mc (a) hand- breadth: एक ~ रोटी ((कपड़ा, लकीर) a -- of bread (cloth, line). (b) a small piece: एक ~ जमीन -- of land; ~ भर a little; ~ चप्पा every nook and corner: घर का चप्पा- ~ छान मारा searched every nook and corner of the house.

charas fu hempen drug, hashish: ~ का नशा intoxication by --; ~ पीना to smoke --; ~ का दम लगाना to have a pull at -- (smoke).

chal·chitra mc motion picture, movie, cinema [मूक silent, रंगीन coloured, सवाक् talking (talkie)]; ~ कैमरा movie camera; ~ बनाना to produce a --. [syn. सिनेमा]