كہونٹا

खूंटा khūṅṭā(see khūṅṭ), s.m. A stump; a stake (of wood), a pile; a tent-peg; a peg, pin; a pivot; the wooden handle of a quern or handmill; the upright post in a sugar-mill;—(met.) support, protection:—khūṅṭe-par mārnā(-ko), 'To beat against a peg or stake;' to spurn, scorn:—khūṅṭe-ke bal kūdnā, 'To skip or jump to the extent of one's tether'; to presume on the protection of (another):—qaṣā`ī-ke khūṅṭe-se bāṅdhnā(-ko), 'To tie (one) to a butcher's stake or peg'; to expose (one) to danger; to put (one) in an unpleasant or trying situation; to confound;—to marry (a girl) to a cruel person.