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girih, or girěh, vulg. girah[prob. akin to S. granthi, rt. granthor grath], s.f. A knot; knob; node; a joint, knuckle; an articulation; a division (one-sixteenth) of a gazor yard, three finger-breadths; a purse; a gland; a kernel; (fig.) an entanglement, a difficulty; impediment (in speech); prejudice; misunderstanding, dissension (syn. gāṅṭh):—girěh bāṅdhnā(-meṅ), To tie a knot (in a handkerchief, etc. as a reminder), (hence), to remember, to bear in mind:—girěh paṛnā(-meṅ), A knot, or entanglement to take place;a difficulty to arise; dissension or misunderstanding to take place (between two people):—girěh-dār, adj. Knotted, knotty; jointed; intricate:—girěhkushā, adj. & s.m. Untying (or untier of) a knot or knots; solving (or solver of) a difficulty:—girěh khulnā, v.n. A knot to be untied, etc.;—s.m. Clearing up of a misunderstanding; restoration of friendship—girěh-gīr, adj. Inclining to be knotty or curled:—girěh-meṅrakhnā(-ko), To put in (one's) purse or pocket; to keep, guard.
Origin: Persian