chhihattar vã̄ seventy-sixth. [see छियासठवाँ]

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

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

chhakānā vt (a) to satiate: ब्राह्मणों को मिठाई ~ -- Brahmins with sweets. (b) to harass: मैनें उन लड़को को ख़ूब छकाया I very much harassed those boys. [vi छकाना]

chhiṭak·nā vi to spread, to scatter; कण इधर उधर छिटक गये particles spread/scattered here and there; चाँदनी छिटक रही थी moonlight was spreading; तारे छिटके the stars shone. [vi छिटकाना]

chhed·nā vt to pierce (a hole): उसने काग़ज़ छेदा she pierced a hole in the paper; काँटों ने उसका शरीर छेद डाला the thorns pierced his body; चोर दीवार छेदकर भीतर घुस गया the thief went in by holing (boring a hole in) the wall [n. छेद]

chhipe chhipe adv stealthily, clandestinely: वह ~ शरारतें करता हैं he makes mischief clandestinely; ~ चोट करना to attack --; वह ~ आया he came stealthily.

chhāīlā mc dandy, foppish person, fop; तुमने किसी छैले का चेहरा देका तो होगा you must have seen a --'s face. [syn. बांका, fem. not used, except a. छैली छबीली q. v.]

chhidrit a perforated [काग़ज़ paper].

chhand mc (a) metre (in poetry): शोकभरे छंदों में in sorrowful --s; मुक्‍त ~ free verse. (b) stanza: ~ सुनाना to recite a --.