tah fc 1. fold: काग़ज़ (कपड़े, कंबल, चादर) की ~ -- of a paper (cloth, blanket, sheet); ~ करना to fold; उसने अपनी साड़ी तह करके रख दी she folded her saree and put it away; सावधानी से (सफ़ाई से) ~ करना to fold carefully (neatly). 2. bottom: पानी की ~ में at the -- of the water; ~ तक पहुँचना to get to the bottom. 3. layer: मिट्टी (कोयले, पुस्तकों) की तहें layers of dust (coal, books); ~ जमाना/लगाना to arrange in --s.

¹ tāk fc look-out, watch: उस पर मेरी ~ है I have a -- on him/her; ~ में निकलना to go out for a --; ~ में रहना to be on the look- out for; ~ रखना to keep watch over; ~ लगाना, ~ लगाये बैठना to lie in wait for. [v. ताकना]

tathya mc fact, reality [ऐतिहासिक historical, वास्तविक real/ factual]; ~ और आँकड़े facts and figures; ~ तक पहुँचना to come to a --.

tanā mc trunk, bole, stem; पेड़ का ~ bole, trunk of a tree; पौधे का ~ stem of a plant.

tamīz f etiquette, decorum, manners: ~ से बात करो talk with --; ~ सीखना to learn -- [syn. शिष्टाचार]

tālīm fu education, instruction [आम general, बुनियादी basic]. [see शिक्षा which is more common]

tīkhā a pungent, sharp, etc. = तीक्ष्ण: ~ मसाला pungent spice; तीखी छुरी sharp knife; ~ नज़र/निगाह sharp sight, तीखा स्वभाव harsh temperament; ~ होना to be harsh. [syn. तेज़]

talāq mu divorce: उसने पत्नी को ~ दे दिया he divorced his wife; उसने पति से ~ ले लिया she has taken -- from her husband, she has been divorced by her husband.

tāqat fu/c power, strength, might: उठने की ~ strength enough to rise; बोलने (लिखने, सुनने) की ~ power of speaking (writing, hearing); ~ आज़माना to try one's strength/might; ~ बटोरना to gather strength; ~ से बाहर beyond one's power; ~ लगाना to apply force; ताक़ते powers; फ़ौजी ताक़तें military powers; दुनिया की ताक़त़ेँ world powers. [syn. शक्‍ित]

tabāhī fu destruction, ruin: घर की ~ -- of the house; ~ मचाना to cause destruction, to ruin. [syn. विनाश, बरबादी]