چارمي chārum-ī P (contract. of چـﮩ‍ارم) adj. Fourth.

چوگهرا chau-ghar-ā चतुर्गृह S̱. s. m. A small box of gold or silver, with four partitions, for holding perfumes.

چنسر chansur H s. m. Cress, cresses. (Lepi- dium sativum).

چنار chanār P or chinār, s. m. 1. A poplar, a plane-tree. 2. chanār, A circle stained by women on their hands and feet with ḥinnā.

چرجيو chir-jīw S̱. s. m. See چرنجيو chiran-jīw.

چفته chafta P s. m. A prop, an arbour.

چيتا chītā चित्रक S̱. s. m. 1. A panther or small hunting leopard. (Felis jubata: Schreb. Hunting leopard. Pennant). 2. Name of a

چ che or chīm, called also jīm-i-fārsī or jīm-i-aﻌjamī, the seventh letter of the Persian alphabet, sounds like ch in the English word cheek. It does not occur in Arabic. If used to denote a number, according to the abjad, it stands for 3, like ج (jīm). The permutations of the letter چ are the following; into ژ as کاژ for کاچ Glass, a pine tree; into ز as پزشک pizishk for پچشک pichishk, A physician or apothecary; into ش as کاشي for کاچي Made of glass; into ج as کاج for کاچ; and, arabistically, into ص as صين for چين China. This letter corresponds to च in Sanskrit, and when aspirated, or with ه affixed, to छ.

چهترني chhatrani S (क्षत्रियाणी) s. f. A female of the (چهتري) chhatrī cast.

چيرا chīrā चीर S̱. s. m. 1. Incision, cut, wound, slit. 2. Maidenhead. 3. Turband. چيرا اتارنا chīrā utārnā, To deflour. چيرا بند chīrā-band, A virgin.