chāsh·nī fu (viscous state of) syrup; ~ चखना (पकाना, बनाना) to taste (dress/cook, prepare) --.

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]

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.

chakh·chakh fu altercation, noisy wrangle: क्या ~ लगा रखी है what is this -- about ? दोनों में ~ होने लगी -- ensued between the two.

chamelī fu (a kind of) jasmine; चमेली का पौंधा (तेल, फूल) -- plant (oil, flower). Previous page Next page   |   Learners' Hindi-English dictionary = Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi sabdakosa span.head { font-weight:bold; } Previous page Next page -- 186 --

chapal a (a) restless [जीभ tongue, नयन eyes, व्यक्‍ित person]. [syn. अस्थिर] (b) nimble, quick [ख़िलाड़ी player, लड़का boy, लड़की girl]. [syn. फुरतीला] (c) restive, impatient [व्यक्‍ित person, विद्यार्थी student]. [syn. उतावला, n. चपलता]

chandramā mu [formal use] moon = चाँद [more common].

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.

chīũṭī fc = चींटी.

chāl·bāz a & mc crafty (person), cunning, trickster: ऐसे ~ आदमियों से (or चालबाज़ों से) सावधान रहिए beware of such --s. [syn. चालाक, धूर्त]