chāūkannā a [lit.] all ears, alert, vigilant; ~ कुत्ता alert dog; चौकन्‍न कान alert ears; चौकन्‍नी आँखें vigilant eyes. ~ करना to alert; ~ रहना to be alert/vigilant: चोर ~ हो गया the thief became alert; पुलिस ने हमें ~ कर दिया the police alerted us. [syn. सावधान, चौकस]

chāūgunā a four times as much; उसके पास मुझसे ~ रुपया है he has four times as much money as I have. △ मन ~ बढ़ना/होना to feel highly encouraged.

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.

chāītra mu = चैत.

chand a a few, some: ~ आदमी -- person; ~ दिनों में in a few days [कुछ or थोड़े is more common]. Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 179 --

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.

chālāk a (a) = चतुर. (b) = चालबाज़. [the word is more common than its synonyms].

chāūmukhā a four-faced; ~ दीया -- lamp; △ ~ दीया जलाना to become bankrupt.

chã̄d·nī fu moonlight: ~ रात moonlit night; ~ खिलती/छिटकती है -- shines; बच्चे ~ में बैठे थे the children were sitting in the --; △ चार दिन की ~ short-lived grandeur; ईद का ~ होना to appear rarely, to be seldom seen.

chapal·tā fu (a) restiveness; ~ से restlessly, restively. (b) nimbleness; ~ से nimbly. [a. चपल]