چھٹنا

छटना ćhaṭnā(see the trans. ćhāṅṭnā), v.n. To be cut, be clipped, be lopped, be pared, be pruned, be trimmed, etc.; to be cut taper, be nibbed (a pen); to be hewn down; to be hacked asunder; to be cut up (as an army, etc.);—to be picked out, be sorted; to be sifted; to be separated, be dispersed; to be cleaned; to separate; to be diminished, be reduced, be retrenched; to diminish; to waste away, become emaciated or thin, to decay (also written ćhaṅṭnā):—ćhaṭ-jānā, v.n.=ćhaṭnā.