چهيکتوٿ chhīktūṭ H adj. (dakh.) Vagabond: see آواره āwāra.

چتربهوجن चित्रभोजन चित्र Strange, and भोजन Food chitr-bhojan S. s. m. Change of diet, eating of unusual food.

چستي chust-ī P s. f. Activity, alertness, fleetness, nimbleness.

چاسنا chāsnā H v. a. To plough.

چکهـ chakh चक्षुः S̱. s. m. The eye.

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.

چمن chaman P s. m. A bed in a garden, a parterre. چمن بند chaman-band, s. m. A gardener. چمن بندي کرنا chaman-bandī karnā, To lay out a garden. چمن دهر chaman-i-dahr, Terrestrial abode. چمن زار chaman-zār, Mea- dow.

چهنانا chhinānā H v. a. To seize, snatch, pluck, &c. See چهينا chhīnnā.

چترني चित्रिणी chitriṇī S s. f. The second description of woman. (See پدمني padmanī).

چام chām चर्म्म S̱. s. m. Hide, skin, leather. چام کي دام چلاني chām ke dām chalāne, v. a. To stretch to the utmost a temporary authority. (lit. To give currency to a coin of leather).