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.

چترگپت चित्रगुप्त chitrgupt S n. prop. The recording angel.

چکرا chakrā H s. m. A kind of dish made of pulse.

چواٴي chau-wāʼī चतुर्वायु S̱. s. f. A tempest, hurricane, commotion. (q. d. wind blowing from four quarters).

چتر chatur S adj. 1. (चतुर) Clever, cunning, sly, shrewd, wise, knowing, adroit, sagacious. 2. (चतुर्) Four.

چمکار chumkār H s. f. A sound with the lips by which dogs and horses are called.

چپي chup-pī H s. f. Silence.

چموٿا chamoṭā S̱. s. m. (from चर्म्म) A razor- strap.

چهوٿ chhūṭ S̱. s. f. 1. Remission, leaving. 2. Striking off hand or playing loose in fencing. 3. Radiance or splendour of jewels, reflection of a mirror, &c. 4. Giving money off hand or at will to jugglers, &c. at entertainments.

چويا choyā H s. m. 1. Husk of grain, the scale of a fish. 2. A hole dug in the sandy bed of a river which has dried up, in which water is found.