tīn a three [दिन days, महीने months, लड़के boys, फूल flowers, लड़कियाँ girls/daughters]. सवा ~ -- and a quarter: सवा ~ घंटे three hours and a quarter; सवा ~ बजे at 3.15, at quarter past three; सवा ~ सौ three hundred and twenty-five; सवा ~ हज़ार three thousand two hundred and fifty; साढ़े तीन -- and a half: साढ़े ~ घंटे -- hours and a half; साढ़े ~ बजे at 3.30, at half past --; साढ़े ~ बज गये हैं it is 3.30 o'clock; साढ़े ~ सौ three hundred and fifty; साढ़े ~ हज़ार -- thousand and five hundred; पौने ~ (one quarter less than three) two and three quarters: पौने ~ घंटे two hours and three quarters; पौने ~ बजे at quarter to three; पौने ~ सौ two hundred and seventy-five; पौने ~ हज़ार two thousand seven hundred and fifty. दो- ~ two or three, very few; तीन-चार three or four, a few; △ तीन-पाँच quarrel, dispute; से ~ पाँच करना to quarrel/ dispute with; ~ तेरह करना to put to rout, to disperse; ~ तेरह होना to be at sixes and sevens; न ~ में न तेरह में detached in every way. [also see चार, आठ ord. तीसरा]

¹ tāl mc pond, tank [भरा हुआ full, ख़ाली empty, सूखा dry]; गाँव के ~ में in the village --; ~ का गंदा पानी dirty water of a --. [also तालाब, dim. तलैया]

taṛ·phaṛānā vi = तड़पना q. v.

tū·taṛāk mu wrangle: ~ करना to wrangle; ~ से बोलना to talk rudely, to engage in wild vulgar argument.

tyāgī a and mc sacrificing (person), recluse.

tātparya m purport, meaning: उसके कथन का ~ क्या था what was the -- of his statement ? कहने का ~ इतना है कि what I mean to say is only this that....

truṭi fc flaw, defect, short- coming: उसके चरित्र में कई त्रुटियाँ हैं there are several --s in his character. [syn. कमी]

tak·nīkī a technical [जान- कारी knowledge/know-how, दक्षता efficiency, प्रशिक्षण training, शिक्षा education, सहायता assistance, सह- योग cooperation].

tuchha a (a) trifling, insignificant [मामला matter, वस्तु thing]. (b) low, mean [आदमी man, स्त्री woman]; किसी को ~ समझना to think low of a person. [syn. घटिया]

tār mc 1. telegram [जवाबी reply-paid, तुरंत urgent, तात्कालिक immediate, निजी private, साधारण ordinary]; समुद्री ~ cable; बधाई का ~ greeting --; ~ का पता telegraphic address; ~ -घर telegraph office, ~ का खंभा telegraph pole, ~ देना to wire, to telegraph: उसने श्रीनगर से ~ दिया he/she telegraphed from Srinagar; ~ भेजना send a --. 2. (a) wire: लोहे (ताँबे, बिजली) का ~ iron (copper, electric) --; कँटीला (नंगा, मोटा) ~ barbed (bare, thick) --. (b) टेलीफ़ोन के ~ telephone cables; ~ बिछाना to lay cables; वायलिन का ~ violin string.