چو

चौ ćau[Prk. चउ; S. चतुर् ], adj. Four (used only in comp.):—ćau-annī, ćav-annī, s.f. The fourth part of a rupee, a four-anna piece;—ćauannī-kā, adj. A quarter, a four-anna (share, etc.):—ćau-bāćh, ćau-bāćhā, s.m. A levy of revenue on four things under the ancient regime in the Dehli territory, viz. the pāgor 'turban,' the tāgor 'string or thread worn by a child round the waist,' the kūṛīor 'hearth,' and pūṅchīor 'tails of cattle' (the first two correspond to the 'poll-tax,' the third to 'hearthmoney'—the fumage of Domesday Book):—ćau-bā`ī, s.f. Wind blowing from the four quarters, etc. (=ćau-wā`ī, q.v.):—ćau-baglā, s.m. A gusset under the arm-pit; a kind of jacket not open under the arms:—ćau-band, s.m. The four fastenings, four joints; four limbs or members;—adj. Sound in the four limbs, vigorous, etc. (used in comp. with ćāq):—ćaubandī, adj. & s.f. Of or appertaining to the four limbs or the four legs;—fastenings (of baggage, etc.); putting four new shoes on a horse or beast, shoeing;—ćau-bandībāṅdhnā, To shoe (a horse or beast):—ćau-bandīfaṣd, Bleeding in four limbs, viz.the arms and legs:—ćaubarsī, s.f. An obsequial rite performed on the fourth anniversary of a death:—ćau-bolā, s.m. A verse of four lines;—a play;—ćau-bolāćhand, s.m. A kind of metre:—ćau-pā, adj. & s.m. See s.v.:—ćau-pāra, adj. Four-pieced:—ćau-pās, adv. On all sides, all round, around:—ćau-pā`e, ćaupāya; see s.v.:—ćau-pattī, ćaupattrī, s.f. A small tract, an essay, a pamphlet; a pocket-book:—ćau-pahrā, adj. & adv. Consisting of four watches, four-watch;—for or during four watches or twelve hours:—ćaupahal, ćau-pahlū, adj. & s.m. Four-sided, quadrilateral;—a four-sided figure, a quadrilateral;—ćau-pahal, s.f. A square bottle:—ćau-pahiyā, adj. & s.m. Having four wheels, four-wheeled;—a four-wheeled vehicle or carriage:—ćau-pher, adj. & adv. All round, on all sides;—ćau-pher nāp, s.f. Perimeter:—ćau-tār, ćau-tārā, adj. & s.m. Having four strings or wires, four-stringed;—a four-stringed musical instrument:—ćau-tāl, cau-tālā, s.m. A mode in music, the time of which is marked by four claps of the hands:—ćau-tarkā, s.m. A mitre;—a kind of tent with four ropes:—ćautaggī, adj. & s.f. Consisting of four strands;—a thread of four strands;—a kind of fishing line (not used with a rod):—ćau-tah, ćau-tahā, adj. Of four folds:—ćau-tahī, ćau-ta`ī, s.f. A piece of cloth of two breadths of double length:—ćau-tak, s.f.=ćār-āṅkheṅ, q.v.s.v. ćār:—ćaujugī, adj. Of or relating to the four ages or great periods; of vast antiquity:—ćau-ḥāshiya, adj. Four-bordered, having an ornamental border on the four sides (a shawl, etc.):—ćau-ḥadda, adj. & s.m, (f. -ī), Of or appertaining to four boundaries, or environs;—the four boundaries; environs, surrounding country, neighbourhood;—a raised mound indicating where the boundaries of four villages meet:—ćau-dānī, ćau-dāniya (fr. dānā), s.f. An ear-ring formed (usually) of four pearls:—ćau-dis, ćaudiś, ćau-diśā, adv. On all sides, all round:—ćau-dant, adj. 'Having four teeth or tusks'; crossing the tusks (as elephants do in fighting);—stout, sturdy, robust; bold, valiant:—ćau-dantī, s.f. Stoutness, sturdiness; boldness, valour, heroism:—ćau-ḍol, s.m. A kind of sedan with two poles (=ćau-pālā):—ćau-rāstā, ćau-rāhā, s.m. Junction of four roads, cross-road, quadrivium;—ćau-rāhe-meṅ, adv. On the cross-road, in public:—ćau-rangā, adj. (f. -ī), Of four colours; of four kinds:—ćausingā, ćau-singhā, adj. Four-horned;—s.m. A raised mound indicating the junction of the boundaries of four villages (=ćau-ḥadda):—ćau-siwānā, ćau-sīmāṅ, adj. & s.m.=ćau-ḥadda, q.v.:—ćau-kaṛā, s.m. (f. -ī), A ring of two pearls worn in each ear:—ćau-kon, ćaukonā, ćau-kor, adj. & s.m. Four-cornered, quadrangular, square;—a square:—ćau-khanḍī, s.f.=ćau-singhā, q.v.:—ćau-khūṅṭ,ćau-khūṅṭā, adj. & s.m. Four-cornered, quadrangular; rhomboidal, lozenge-shaped;—a four-sided figure, a quadrilateral:—ćau-khūṅṭ, s.m. The four quarters of the globe, the world;—adv. On all four sides, all round:—ćau-khūṅṭ-barābarbāzū, s.m. A rhombus;—ćau-khūṅṭdo barābar bāzū, s.m. A rhomboid:—ćau-khūṅṭbīćbarābar, s.m. A parallelogram:—ćau-gāna, adj. Four-fold, quadruple (=ćau-gunā):—ćaugaddā, s.m.=ćau-ḥadda, ćau-siṅghā, qq.v.:—ćau-gird, adv. On all sides, all round;—s.m.pl. Neighbourhood, adjacent orsurrounding district or territory:—ćau-gunā, adj. (f. -ī), Four times, four-fold, quadruple:—ćau-gosha, adj. Fourcornered, etc. (=ćau-koṅ);—s.m. A kind of oblong tray:—ćau-goshī, s.f. A four-sided cap;—ćau-goshī, ćau-goshiyā, s.m. lit. 'Having four ears'; an animal (particularly a horse) with slit ears:—ćau-gharā, ćau ghaṛā, adj. (f. -ī) & s.m. Having four partitions or compartments, etc.;—a small box (of gold or silver, etc.) with four partitions (for holding spices or perfumes);—an earthen toy consisting of four small cups joined together:—ćau-ghaṛā, s.f. A raft or float supported on four or more earthern pitchers:—ćau-lāwā, s.m. A large well (admitting of four lā`osor ropes being let down at one and the same time):—ćau-laṛā, s.m.=ćau-laṛī, s.f. A necklace of four strings or rows:—ćau-mās, s.m. Four months; lands tilled during the four months of the rainy season and prepared for therabī`sowing:—ćau-māsā, adj. & s.m. Of or relating to the four months of the rains;—the four months (from Asaṛhto Ku`ār) constituting the rainy season; a kind of song (descriptive of the season) sung during the rains:—ćau-māsiya, ćau-masiya, s.m. A ploughman hired for the four months of the rainy season:—ćau-muḥalla,ćau-maḥlā, adj. (f. -ī) & s.m. Having four stories, four-storied;—a four-storied house, etc.:—ćau-mag̠za, adj. & s.m. Having four kernels;—a walnut;—a largeheaded person:—ćau-mukh, adj. & s.m. Having four faces; having four points (an arrow, etc.); having four burners (a lamp);—a name of Brahmā;—a lamp-stand with four partitions or burners:—ćau-mukhā, adj. & s.m. Fourfaced, etc. (=ćau-mukh);—a kind of paṭāor fencing stick:—ćau-mukhālaṛnā, v.n. To be good at argument:—ćau-mukhī, adj.=ćaumukhā;—s.f. A name of the goddess Devī;—the seed of the Elœocarpus ganitrus:—ćaumuhānā, s.m. The junction of four streams, or of four roads:—ćau-mekhā, s.m. (orig.) A punishment which consists in tying the four outstretched limbs to four pegs; tying a man's arms and legs; tying the elbows behind; tying the four legs of a horse:—ćau-meṅṛā, adj. & s.m. Having four boundaries;—a place or village having four boundaries:—ćau-wā`ī, s.f. Wind blowing from the four quarters, or from all quarters;—contrary winds;—a tempest, hurricane, commotion:—ćau-haṭṭā, s.m. A market where four roads meet, a square with shops on all sides.