rejimenṭ fc regiment: राजपूत/गोरखा ~ Rajput/Gurkha --; ~ फ़ौजी इकाई है -- is a military unit; सिपाहियों की रेजिमेंटें --s of soldiers.

rekhãṅkit a underlined [वाक्य sentence, शब्द word]; ~ करना to underline.

rasik I. a (a) amorous; ~ प्रेमी -- lover. (b) dilettantish: ~ आलोचक, श्रोता, पाठक -- critic, listener, reader. II. mc (a) amorist. (b) dilettante, a man of taste.

rõg·ṭā mc hair (on the body) [limited use]; रोंगटे खड़े होना to be horripilated.

rāj·bhakta a loyal (to a ruler) [नेता leader, प्रजा subject, लोग people]

rach·nā I. fc (a) composition: व्याकरण और ~ Grammar and --; ~ करना to compose: गीत, निबंध, कविता की ~ करना to compose a song, essay, poem. (b) creation, work: ईश्‍वर, लेखक, कलाकार की ~ -- of God, writer, artist. (c) formation: चट्टान, फूल, सेना की ~ -- of a rock, a flower, an army; ~ करना to form, to create. II. vt to make, compose: कविता, पुस्तक, षड्‍यन्त्र ~ to compose or make a poem, a book, conspiracy.

rã̄ṛ fc widow [a term of abuse], slut: ~ कहीं की the wretched --.

rū-barū adv (a) face to face: दोनों ~ लाये गये both were brought --; ~ करा देना to bring --. (b) in one's face: बड़े बाबू के ~ in the face of the head clerk. [syn. आमने-सामने]

rūkhā a [also ~ -सूखा] (a) curt, blunt [आदमी person, जवाब reply]. (b) rough [काग़ज़ paper, व्यवहार treatment]. (c) dry [बातें words, रोटी bread, भाषण lecture]. ~ पड़ना to become curt, to get rough/dry.

rāshan mu ration [आधा half, पूरा full, भरपूर abundant]; ~ कार्ड -- card; ~ की दुकान -- shop; ~ कम किया गया the -- was reduced; तेल का ~ --ing of oil.