چھوٹ

छट ू ćhūṭ(see ćhūṭnā), s.f. Severance, separation; divorce; liberation, deliverance, release; leaving; relinquishment; freedom, liberty; escape; exemption (from, -se); remission (of revenue, etc.); exception; rejection; leavings, refuse; grain left on the threshing floor;—radiance or splendour (of jewels, etc.); reflection (of a mirror, etc.);—a catch-word;—(in fencing) striking off hand or playing loose, striking the opponent's body anywhere one pleases;—giving money off hand or at will to jugglers, dancing girls, etc., at entertainments;—a bet; letting pigeons fly on a bet that they return to their cot;—adv. Omitting, excepting; apart, aside, etc. (=ćhuṭ, q.v.):—ćhūṭ-ćhūṭ-bol, s.m. (Gram.) A disjunctive particle:—ćhūṭ-ćhuṭā`o, s.m. Severance, separation, parting; intervention, mediation:—ćhūṭlaṛnā, v.n. To fight loosely, to hit all round;—to let (the tongue) loose.