chhājan mc (a) thatch [see छप्पर]. (b) covering cloth: भोजन ~ boarding and clothing. (=रोठी-कपड़ा)

chhappar mc thatch, thatched roof; नाव पर का ~ -- on a boat; टूटे-फूटे ~ rotten --es; ~ छाना/डालना to thatch. △ ~ पर फूस न होना not to have even a -- to live under, to be extremely poverty-stricken; इसे ~ पर रखो keep it away! ~ फाड़कर देना to give an unexpected gift, to give in a miraculous way.

chhor mc (a) end, extremity; दो छोरों के बीच में between two ends/extremities; इस ~ से लेकर उस ~ तक from this end to that; गाँव का ~ fag end of the village. (b) edge, border: दुपट्टे का ~ -- of scarf [syn. किनारा]

chhali·yā a I. mc cheat, imposter; तुम बड़े ~ हो you are a great --. II. a fraudulent: ~ आदमी (औरत, दुकानदार) -- person (woman, shop-keeper).

chhatra-chhāyā fu protection, patronage; अध्यश की ~ में under the -- of the chairman/head.

chhipāv mu (a) concealment: तथ्यों का ~ -- of facts. (b) secrecy: ~ रखना to keep secret; तुम से क्या ~ है there is nothing secret for you. [syn. दुराव, v छिपना, छिपाऩा]

chhaṭī [more common] छठी chhaṭhī (a) see छठा. II. fu ceremony performed on the sixth day of a child's birth; ~ करना to perform this ceremony. △ ~ का दूध याद आना to be in a tight corner, to be in a predicament.

chhaṛ mc rod, bar; लोहे का ~ iron --; बाँस का ~ bamboo stick; ~ काटना (थामना, लगाना) to cut (hold, fix) a --; ~ से पीटना to beat with a --. [dim. छड़ी]

chharah·rā a (a) thin and tall [बदन body, जवान youth]. (b) smart.

chhavī fu beauty, winsomeness; सुन्दर ~ charming --; आँखों (चेहरे, प्रकृति) की ~ -- of eyes (face, nature).