chāk·rī fu service; ~ करना to do service; ~ पर जाना to go for service. [syn. नौकरी is more common]

chuṛāīl fc witch, shrew [generally abusive for 'You wretched girl/woman'].

char·ḵẖī fc (a) a small spinning wheel [see चरख़ा]. (b) reel, spool: ~ पर सूत लपेटना to wind cotton yarn on a --. (c) pulley: कुएँ की ~ a -- used for drawing water from a well.

chikoṭī fc pinch; ~ काटना to pinch; उसने मेरी बाँह पर ~ काटी he/she pinched my arm. [syn. चुटकी].

chīf I. a chief [इंजीनियर engineer, इंस्पेक्टर inspector, कमिश्नर commissioner, जस्टिस justice]. II. mc [usu. ~ साहब for any of the chief officers], the chief.

chuGal·ḵẖor mc back- biter, sneak, tell-tale: △ ~ का मुँह काला a -- is a disgraceful fellow.

chintan mu (a) thinking: ~ शक्‍ित thinking power. (b) contemplation: आध्यात्मिक ~ spiritual --; ~ करना to contemplate: किसी समस्या पर ~ करना to contemplate a problem.

chanḍāl I. a (a) low-born: ~ जाति का आदमी man of a -- caste. (b) depraved, wretched: वह तो ~ निकला he turned out to be --. II. mc chandal, low-born या depraved man: ~ के घर में उसका जन्म हुआ he was born in the family of a --. [fem. चंडालिन, चंडालिनी].

chir·nā vi to be sawn; लकड़ी चिर गई the wood was sawn.

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.