«
Previous
چوڑي
»
Next
चूड़ी ćūṛī [S. चूड+इका], s.f. (dim. of ćūṛā). A ring or bangle of lac or glass (worn on the wrist); a ring; ring (of an eye-glass); a gather, pucker:—ćūṛī-dār, adj. & s.m. Gathered, puckered;—drawers or sleeves made too long, so as to be crumpled into plaits:—ćūṛī-hārā, s.m. A maker of glass or lac bangles:—ćūṛiyāṅpahannā, v.n. 'To put on bangles'; to marry again;—to be effeminate:—ćūṛiyāṅ ṭhanḍīkarnā, To break (one's) bangles (as a woman does on the death of her husband;—the verb ṭhanḍīkarnā being used superstitiously for toṛnā).
Origin: Hindi