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िघरनी ghirnī(prob. fr. ghirnā, q.v.; or corr. of ghurnī, q.v.), s.f. A pulley; a wheel for twisting ropes;—a kind of pigeon, the tumbler;—a speciesof kingfisher, Ceryle rudis:—ghirnīkhānā, v.n. To go round and round, to whirl, to revolve; to tumble (as a pigeon):—ghirniyoṅ-kījot, A system of pulleys:—jamīghirnī, A fixed pulley:—caltīghirnī, A movable pulley.
Origin: Hindi