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ढेंकली ḍheṅklī[ḍheṅk = ḍheṅkā, q.v.+lī= Prk. अिडआ=S. ल+इका], s.f. A machine for drawing water (being a lever supported on a long post, having a bucket suspended to one end, and a weight of earth or stone at the other); a lever, crane, windlass, etc.;—an apparatus with a lever for pounding with (=ḍheṅkā, ḍheṅkī);—(met.) a somersault;—a mode of joining breadths of cloth, or of cutting out cloth:—ḍheṅklīlagānāor khānā, v.n. To turn a somersault.
Origin: Hindi