chakhānā vt [caus. of चखना] to cause to taste/relish, to make one taste/relish: किसी को आइसक्रीम (कॉफ़ी, अंडा) ~ to make smb taste/relish ice-cream (coffee, egg). △ मज़ा ~ to teach a lesson.

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.

chuṭ·kulā mc joke: ~ सुनाना to tell a --; चुटकलों की पुस्तक a book of --s. △ ~ छोड़ना to let off a squib. [syn. लतीफ़ा]

chañchal·tā fu (a) unsteadiness, restlessness चित्त/मन की ~ -- of mind. (b) playfulness, ficklemindedness; किसी व्यक्‍ित की ~ -- of some person.

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

choṭī fc (a) top: पहाड़ (पेड़, भवन) की ~ -- of a mountain (tree, building); वह ~ पर पहुँच गया he reached the --; ~ का of the highest order: वह ~ का लेखक है he is a writer of the highest order; ~ से एड़ी तक from top to bottom. (b) braid: ~ करना to arrange hair in --s. △ ~ हाथ में होना to be under complete control. (c) lock of hair (on the top of the head, kept by Hindus) [dim. b and c चुटिया]

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

chimaṭ·nā vi (a) to cling: बच्चा माँ से चिमट गया the child clung to the mother. (b) to hold fast: पेड़ से ~ -- to the tree. [syn. चिपकना]

chāūtar·fā a [uninflected] all round [उन्‍नति progress, तैयारी preparation, होशियारी vigilance].

chuhiyā fc [fem. & dim. of चूहा] female rat, little rat, mouse; इस घर में चूहियाँ बहुत हैं there are lots of rats/mice in this house.