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.

chhiṭ-puṭ a (a) stray [घचना occurence, शक्‍ितयाँ powers, पुस्तकें books]. (b) sporadic [मुठभेड़ scuffle, वर्षा rain].

chhāyādār a shady [आवास habitat/house, आँगन courtyard, वृक्ष tree].

chhã̄ṭ·nā vt (a) to sort; माँ ने मेरे कपड़े छाँट दिये mother sorted (out) my clothes. (b) घास ~ to weed out grass; पेड़ ~ to prune the tree; बाल ~ to trim the hair; कर्मचारियों को छाँट गया employees were retrenched. [vi छँटना, n. छँटाई, छँटनी]

chhiṛ·nā vi (a) to begin, to start: कोई मामला छिड़ गया some affair started. (b) to break out: युध्द or झगड़ा छिड़ सकता हैं a war या quarrel can break out. (c) to be played (on): सितार पर राग छिड़ता हैं a tune is played on a sitar. [vt छेड़ना]

chhī int = छिः q. v.

chhīlan fu shavings, strippings: लकड़ी की ~ -- of wood; रंदे से ~ उतारना to shave off with a plane, to cut -- with a plane.

chhan·nā vi (a) to be strained/sifted: आटा छन गया the flour has been sifted. (b) to filter: पानी छनता हैं water filters; विचार छनकर आते हैं ideas filter down. △ शराब छनती हैं wine is drunk together; उनकी आपस में गहरी छनती है they are very close to one another.

chhinna-bhinna a [usu. predicative (a) broken, shattered: शीशा (समाज, व्यक्‍ित) ~ हो गया हैं glass (society, individual) is --. (b) scattered: बादल ~ हो गये the clouds were --; भीड़ ~ हो गई the crowd --. [syn. तितर बितर]

chhāū̃k·nā vt to spice, to season (with boiling ghee and spices): दाल or तरकारी ~ -- lentils या vegetable.