چھاپا

छापा ćhāpā[ćhāp+Prk. अओ=S. अ+कः], s.m. Stamp, print, seal, impression (=ćhāp); a large wooden seal with which corn in a granary is stamped (also ćhāp); sectarial marks (=ćhāp); the stamp for making sectarial marks; printing; print, impression; an edition; a press;—a night-attack:—ćhāpā-ḥāṣil, s.m. A tax on stamping cloth:—ćhāpe-ḵẖāna, s.m. A printing-office; a press;—ćhāpe-ḵẖāna-wālā, s.m. Proprietor of a press:—ćhāpākarnā, v.t.=ćhāpnā, q.v.:—ćhāpe-kī āzādī, The freedom of the press:—ćhāpālagānā(-meṅ, or -par), To put a stamp or seal (on), to stamp, etc.:—ćhāpālagānā= ćhāpāmārnā(-par), To surprise (an enemy) in a night-attack:—ćhāpemeṅ ćhapnā, To appear in print, to be published; to be exposed or defamed in print:—ćhāpe-wālā, s.m. A printer;—a pressman:—ćhāpāvidyā, The art of printing:—patthar-kāćhāpā, s.m. Lithography.