چرغد charg̠ẖad P s. m. A cricket.

چمربگلي chamar-baglī H s. f. A bittern.

چمٿانا chimṭānā H v. n. To adhere, to cling to.

چنچلائي chanchalāʼī S̱. s. f. 1. Restlesness, play- fulness. 2. Perishableness.

چيکهـ chīkh S̱. s. f. See چيخ chīḵẖ.

چيونٿي chyūnṭī H s. f. The diminutive of چيونٿا chyūnṭā, q. v. See also چينٿي chīnṭī. ح ح Commonly called ḥā-i-muhmala or ḥā-i-ḥut̤t̤ī, the sixth letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not occur in Persian, nor is there in Sanskrit any letter corresponding to it. It is one of the six guttural letters; its sound being an aspiration much stronger, and formed deeper in the throat than that of ه. In reckoning by abjad it stands for eight: and, in astronomical tables, it denotes the sign, Sagittarius. It is sometimes substituted for ه; as, in ضحاک which is for ده آک (ten vices; the proper name of that prince being بيورسپ or the lord of 10,000 horse; بيور in Darī signifying 10,000). ه Is sometimes used for it; as نـﮩ‍اوند nahāwand, properly نوح آوند nūḥ-āwand, the name of a city built by Noah, and also the name of a mode in musick.

چٿ پٿا chaṭ-paṭā S̱. (see چٿ پٿ) adj. 1. Active, hasty. 2. Stout. 3. Meat dressed with little sauce or gravy.

چکچکا chakchakā H adj. Shining, resplendent.

چنپا champā चंपक S̱. s. m. The name of a flower-tree. See چنپک. (Michelia cham- paca). چنپاکلي champā-kalī, s. f. A necklace, each piece of which resembles the unblown flowers of the champā. چنپا کيلا champā-kelā, A kind of plantain. H.S̱. چنپت هونا champat honā, v. n. See چمپت هونا champat honā.

چيستان chīstān P s. m. An enigma, a riddle.