tanāv·pūrṇa a tense [चेहरे faces, नसें nerves, मौन silence, स्थिति situation]; वातावरण ~ हो गया the atmosphere became --. [n. तनाव]

tāīyārī fu/c preparation: त्यौहार की ~ में in -- for the festival; शादी की तैयारियाँ हो रही हैं --s for the marriage are going on. ~ करना to prepare: परीक्षा की ~ करो prepare for the examination. [a तैयार]

tilak mc/u 1. an auspicious mark (on forehead): केसर या चंदन का ~ -- of saffron or sandal-wood paste; ~ लगाना to apply --. 2. auspicious token (of coronation or engagement): ~ देना/भेजना to promise to give a daughter in marriage by sending --; लड़के का ~ आया है the boy has been engaged.

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]

til·milānā vi 1. to writhe in agony, to be restless: मरीज़ सारी रात तिलमिलाता रहा the patient writhed in agony (was restless) all the night. 2. to be dazzled: आँखे़ं तिलमिलाने लगीं the eyes began to be dazzled. [syn. 1. तड़पना 2. चौंधियाना]

tay a [predicative] decided, settled: यह ~ हो गया है it has been --; ~ करना to decide, to settle; मामला ~ करना to settle an affair.

turka I. mc Turk: तुर्कों का देश (पहरावा, लश्कर) country (dress, army) of the Turks; नवयुवक ~ young --s. II. a Turkish [लोग people, सेना army].

tāgā mc thread [ऊनी woollen, रेशमी silken, सूती cotton, पतला thin, मोटा thick, पक्का strong]: तागे से बाँधना या सीना to bind or sew with --; सुई मे़ं ~ पिरोना/डालना to thread the needle; रज़ाई में ~ डालना to put stitches in a quilt. [also धागा]

taṛ·kā mu day-break, dawn: ~ हुआ it was --; तड़के at --, early in the morning: मैं तड़के उठा I woke up at --. [syn. सवेरा]

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]