rāj·nītigy mc politician [अनुभवी experienced, चतुर clever, योग्य able].

ratti fc rattī a weight equal to about 2 1/4 grains, 1/8th gram: चार ~ सोना four --s of gold; पहले चाँदी रत्तियों से तोली जाती थी formerly silver was weighed in --s; ~ भर just a little: इसमें ~

rafā-dafā a [~ करना, होना] to settle, to set at rest, to be settled; झगड़ा ~ हो गया the quarrel was settled; उस आदमी को ~ करो set that person at rest, dispose him off.

rupayevālā mc and a moneyed (man); रुपये वालों के चोंचले airs of moneyed people.

raqam fc sum, amount [छोटी small, बक़ाया remaining, मोटी big, कुल total]; एकमुश्त ~ lumpsum; ऋण की ~ amount of debt; मुझे कितनी ~ देनीहै ? what -- do I owe ? ~ काटना, जोड़ना, मारना to deduct, add, embezzle --; बही में ~ चढ़ाना to post an amount in the ledger; एक निश्चित ~ तय करना to fix a definite --. [syn. राशि]

rãg·nã vt to colour, to dye, to paint: चित्र ~ to colour a picture; बाल ~ to dye hair; होठों को ~ to paint the lips; नीला/लाल ~ -- blue/red; रंगा गया was coloured; रंगा हुआ coloured.

raṭ·nā vt (a) to cram, to learn by heart: इतिहास, पाठ, वाक्य ~ to learn history, lesson, sentence by heart. (b) to repeat constantly: तुम अपनी बात रटते जा रहे हो you go on repeating your own say. [syn. (a) घोटना, (b) घोखना]

, रंग-रेली raṅg-ralī, raṅg-relī fc revelry: बेलगाम होकर रंग- रेलियाँ मचाना to indulge in -- unrestrained, to revel wantonly.

rukhāī fu curtness, bluntness: बरताव में ~ -- in behaviour; ~ से curtly, bluntly: ~ से बोलना to speak curtly/bluntly. [from रूखा]

rīl fc reel, spool: फ़ोटो की ~ photograph --; धागे की रीलें --s of thread.