chumbak mc magnet; भारी ~ heavy --; ~ लोहे को खींचता है -- attracts iron; ~ पत्थर loadstone.

chuk·nā vi (a) to finish, to be finished: आटा (काम, माल) चुक Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 199 -- गया flour (work, goods) finished; खाना चुक गया the food ran out. (b) to be paid off: ऋण or हिसाब चुक गया था the debt या account had been paid off. (c) to be settled: झगड़ा चुक सकता है the dispute can be settled.

chāūpāyā mc & a quadruped: घोड़ा, गाय, भैंस चौपाये हैं horse, cow, buffalo are --s; ~ जानवर -- animals.

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].

chār-sāū-bīs a and mc four twenty, fraudulent; वह पक्का ~ है he is a seasoned thug/swindler.

chī fu 1. cry, squeak: रोगी के मुख से ~ निकल गई the patient cried out. 2. [also चीं-चीं] warbling, chirp: चिड़ीया की ~ -- of the bird; चीं-चीं करना to make noise; to warble, to chirp; बच्चे चीं-चीं करते हैं children are making noise; चिड़ीयाँ चीं-चीं करती हैं birds are chirping. △ ~ बोलना to confess helplessness, to own defeat.

chūlhā mc fire-place, hearth [ईंटों का brick-built, मिट्टी का earthen, लोहे का iron]; तेल (गैस, बिजली) का ~ oil (gas, electric) stove; चूल्हे पर पानी गर्म करते हैं, खाना बनाते हैं they heat water, cook food, on a --/ stove; ~ जलाना/फूँकना to light up a stove, to make fire in --, △ to cook; △ ~ न्योतना to invite an entire family.

chakor mc red-legged partridge, chakor: ~ पंजाब और नेपाल में पाया जाता है -- is found in Panjab and Nepal; ~ दीमक खाता है a -- eats white ants. [fem. चकोरी]

chavālīs a = चौवालीस q. v.

chār a four [घंटे hours, दिशाएँ directions/sides, पाये legs, प्रतियाँ copies, महीने months, वेद Vedas] △ आँखें ~ होना to see face to face, to see eye to eye; ~ क़दम पर at a short distance; ~ के कंधों पर चढ़ना/ जना to perform the last journey; ~ चाँद लगाना to win laurels, to have a feather added to one's cap; ~ दिन की चाँदनी short-lived merriment [in compounds चौ-, ordinal चौथा, fractional चौथाई, collective चारों].