chhẽk·nā vt (a) enclose: जगह ~ -- a place. (b) रास्ता ~ to obstruct the path.

chhattīs·vã̄ a thirty-sixth, 36th; ~ भवन -- building; बैंक की छत्तीसबीं शाखा-- branch of the bank; छत्तीसवें वर्ष in the 36th year.

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

chhiyāsaṭh [eastern छाछठ, छासठ] a sixty-six, 66 [चादरें sheets, झाड़न dusters, पौधे plants, सदस्य members, सिपाही soldiers]; ~ को ग्यारह से भाग दें divide -- by eleven; सन् उन्नीस सौ ~ के लगभग about the year nineteen hundred and --; उसकी उम्र ~ वर्ष से ऊपर है his age is over -- years, he is over 66. [ord. ~ वाँ]

chhadma mu fraud: ~ नाम pseudonym, fictitious name, nom-de-plume; ~ रूप pseudoform, guise; ~ वेश disguise; ~ वेश धारण करना to disguise; ~ आवरण (छद्मावरण) camouflage.

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.

chhihattar a seventy-six. [see छियासठ]

chhān·nī fc = छलनी q. v.

chhipānā vt to conceal, to hide; दोष (धन, पत्र, मुँह) ~ -- fault (money, letter, one's face); कोई चीज़ अपने हाथ में छिपा ली concealed/hid smth in one's hand; सच्चाई कभी छिपाई नहीं जा सकती truth can never be concealed. [vi छिपना n. छिपाव]

chhap·nā vi to be printed; काग़ज़/कपड़ा छपता हैं paper/cloth is printed; पुस्तक छप गई the book was printed; इतनी प्रतियाँ छपीं so many copies were printed. [vt छापना, n. छपाई, छाप, छापा]