ماچا

माचा māćā[Prk. मंचअंor मच्चअं(?); S. मञ्चकं], s.m. A platform, a frame or stage (on which a watchman sits to drive away birds, etc. from corn-fields);—a large bedstead, a bed:—māćā-toṛ, s.m. 'Bed-breaker'; one who sticks to his bed, a lazy person who rarely stirs from his bed;—a kind of soldier among the Rājpūts (very indolent and much addicted to opium, but active and brave when roused):—māćā-ḵẖar, adj. & s.m. Stupid, foolish;—a stupid or foolish fellow.