cham·chamānā I. vi = चमकना a, b. II. vt = चमकाना.

chāū- [short prefixal form of चार] four-, as in चौकन्ना lit. four eared; चौकोर lit. having four sides; चौखट lit having four woods; चौगुना four times; चौमंज़िला four-storeyed; चौरस्ता lit. having four paths.

chiṛha fu disgust, aversion: मुझे चालबाज़ी से बहुत ~ है I have great disgust for (aversion to) craftiness. [syn. खीझ]

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

chāṭ·nā vt to lap, to lick: एक कुत्ता लड़के को चाट रहा था a dog was licking the boy; होंठ ~ to -- one's lips; शहद ~ -- up honey; △ वह सब कुछ चाट गया he lapped up या consumed the whole.

chukāūtī fu (a) full payment: ऋण (उधार, हिसाब, बिल) की ~ -- of debt (credit, account, bill). (b) receipt for payment: रुपये की ~ -- of money. ~ कर देना to make payment, to give receipt for payment [according to context].

chī˜ṭī fc ant: ~ एक परिश्रमी कीड़ा है -- is an industrious insect. △ ~ की चाल very slow speed; ~ के पर निकलना to be heading for death, [ironically] to outgrow oneself: ~ के पर निकले ओर मौत आई the ant grows wings but to die.

chunnaṭ fc crease, rumple: पतलून की ~ the -- on the trousers; ~ डालना to rumple, to crease; कपड़ो में ~ डाल दी creased/rumpled one's clothes.

chamār mc (a) cobbler, shoe-maker: ~ जूता बनाता (बेचता, गाँठता) है a -- makes (sells, mends) shoes. [fem. चमारी, चमारिन]

charit m = जीवन-चरित.