cholī fc bodice [खुली loose, तंग tight, रंगदार coloured]; ~ का कपड़ा cloth for --; ~ सीना (पहनना, उतारना, धोना) to sew (put on, put off, wash) a --. △ ~ दामन का साथ होना to be closely united as the body and the skirt, to be hand in glove with someone

cholā mc (a) garb, robe: साधू का ~ -- of a Sadhu. (b) body. △ ~ छोड़ना to give up the body, to die, to expire; ~ बदलना to transmigrate, to be reborn; to change one's appearance: आज वह ~ बदलकर आया today he came with a changed appearance. [dim. चोली]

chūr a [predicative] (a) pulverized, powdered; ~ -चूर होना to be broken to fragments: प्याली ~ -चूर हो गई the cup was broken into pieces; ~ -चूर करना to pulverize, to break into small pieces. (b) tired, exhausted; परिश्रम ने उसे ~ (-चूर) कर दिया hard work -- him; वह परिश्रम करते-करते ~ हो गया he was -- by hard work. (c) नशे में ~ steeped in intoxication.

chāh fc will, wish, desire: मेरी माता की यह ~ थी it was my mother's --, किसी के लिए ~ होना to have a longing for smb. △ जहाँ ~ वहाँ राह where there is a will, there is a way.

charchā fu (a) talk: ~ करना to talk about, to mention: हम उससे इसकी ~ करेंगे we shall talk about (या mention) it to him; ~ होना to be talked about: उनके प्रेम की ~ घर-घर में हो रही है their love is being talked about in every house. (b) discussion: किस विषय पर ~ होगी on what subject will there be a --; ~ करना to discuss; ~ होना to be discussed; ~ उठी/ छिड़ गई ~ started.

champat a [predicative] disappeared, vanished: न जाने साइकल कैसे ~ हो गया Don't know how the bicycle has disappeared; लड़का ~ हो गया the boy took to his heels (vanished). [syn. ग़ायब]

chāū̃k·nā vi to be startled: इससे मैं चौ़ंक उठा I was startled at this; घोड़ा चौंका the horse startled up. [vt चौंकाना].

chīr mc cut, gash, rent, incision: चाकू का ~ -- with a knife; शरीर पर ~ है there is a -- on the body.

chak·bandī fu 1. consolidation (of holdings); ~ का दफ़्तर -- office. 2. marking the boundaries: इन गाँवों की ~ ख़त्म हो गई है the -- in these villages is finished.

chūhā mc rat, mouse; बिल्ली चूहों का शिकार करती है the cat hunts mice; ~ कुतरता है a -- gnaws.