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.

چوزه chūza P s. m. A chicken, a young bird. چوزه باز chūza-bāz, s. f. An old woman who keeps a young gallant, an old woman fond of striplings.

چهلکا chhilkā H s. m. Crust, husk, shell, peel, scale, rind, bark, skin. چهلکا اتارنا chhilkā utārnā, To blanch, peel, husk, decorticate.

چترنگي chitraṅgī S̱. adj. (dakh. i. q. هفت رنگي) Artful, cunning, versatile, of various colours (?).

چهيا chhaiyā छाया S̱. s. Shade, shadow.

چکلا chaklā H 1. s. m. A brothel. 2. A kind of cloth made of silk and cotton. 3. adj. Wide, broad.

چک chak H s. m. A shepherd or goatherd.

چينتهنا chīnthnā H v. n. To be bruised by being trod upon.

چمتکار चमत्कार chamatkār S s. m. 1. Amaze- ment, astonishment. 2. Splendour. 3. s. f. Name of a grass. 4. Haste.

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