tab·lā mc tabla, tambourine; ~ बजाया जाता है a -- is played upon; ~ बजाने का उस्ताद expert tabla-player.

tānāshāhī fu dictatorship, dictatorial conduct: हिटलर की ~ -- of Hitler; अधिकारी की ~ -- of an officer. [syn. डिक्टेटरी]

tyāg·patra mc resignation, letter of resignation; ~ देना to resign: मंत्री ने ~ दे दिया the minister resigned; उसका ~ स्वीकृत हुआ his -- was accepted.

tanmay·tā fu absorption, preoccupation: मन की ~ -- of mind. [a तन्मय]

tīlī fc straw; दाँतों के लिए ~ tooth-pick; माचिस की ~ match stick; साइकिल की तीलियाँ spokes of a bicycle.

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....

¹ tālī fc clapping of hands: ~ पीटना to clap (in ridicule); ~ बजना to be applauded/cheered: उसके व्याख्यान के दौरान कई बार तालियाँ बजीं during his lecture there was clapping several times; ~ बजाना to clap the hands, to applaud: लड़कों ने तालियाँ बजाई the boys clapped/applauded. △ ~ एक हाथ से नहीं बजती it requires two hands to clap, it takes two to make a quarrel.

tibārā adv third time, three times: मैंने यह सवाल ~ किया I did this sum for the third time (three times).

² tāk mc niche: दीवार में ~ है there is a -- in the wall. △ ~ पर धरना/रखना to set aside, to put in cold storage.

tashtarī mc saucer, plate: ~ और प्यांला saucer and cup; ~ में/ पर खाना रखना to put food on/in a --; उड़न तश्‍तरियाँ flying saucers. [syn. प्लेट]