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....

tir·chhā a slanting, oblique [कैमरा camera, खंभा pole]; तिरछी ऊँचाई (किरणें, छतें, रेखा) -- height (rays, roofs, line). [cf. टेढ़ा]

tã̄bā mu copper: ताँबे का तार -- wire; ताँबे की तश्तरी -- plate; ताँबे की तरह लाल -- red.

tap·nā vi (a) to be heated: लोहा तप गया the iron was heated; मौसम तप गया the weather became hot. (b) to burn with pain or grief; यह देखकर मेरा मन तपता है when I see this my mind burns with pain. [vt तपाना, n. तपन]

² turup fc troop (of cavalry): हमारी ~ रणक्षेत्र में पहुँच गई our -- reached the battle-field.

² tāl mu rhythmic measure, tune: ~ मिलाना to play/sing in harmony; ~ देना to beat time in music; ~ से बेताल होना to be out of tune, to strike a discordant note; उनका आपस में ~ मेल नहीं है there is no accord/harmony between them.

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]

tamañchā mc pistol = पिस्तौल q. v.

til·han mu oil-seeds: ~ की उपज produce of --; ~ का भाव rate of --.

tak·nīk fu technique; कलाकारों (नाव चलाने, विधि) की ~ -- of artists (boating, law).