چٹكی

चुटकी ćuṭkī, (prov.) िचटकी ćiṭkī[ćuṭak (nā)+Prk. इआ=S. इका], s.f. A pinch; a handful; snapping the fingers; a knot in cloth (made by a dyer to prevent a part taking the dye); hammer (of a gun); a twist given to lace; stretching cloth after it is sewn; a portion of grain (about two seers) given to a weighman as his fee; a medicinal powder; a ring worn (by women) on any of the toes (except the great toe):—ćuṭkībajāte-meṅ, adv. In the time it takes to snap the fingers, in a moment, in a trice:—ćuṭkībajānā, v.n. To produce a snapping sound by means of the thumb and middle finger, to fillip with the fingers (as an accompaniment to a song, etc.):—ćuṭkī-bhar, As much as can be held between a finger and the thumb, a pinch (as of snuff, etc.):—ćuṭkībharnā, or bhar-lenā, ćuṭkītoṛnā(-kīor -meṅ) = ćuṭkīlenā, q.v.;—ćuṭkīćaṛhānā(-par), To test the soundness of coin by putting a pinch of testing powder on it (=ćuṭkīlagānā):—ćuṭkīkāṭnā, v.t. To nip, to pinch, etc. (=ćuṭkīlenā):—ćuṭkīlagānā(-meṅ), To apply the fingers (to), to pick (a pocket); to test coin (=ćuṭkī ćaṛhānā, q.v.); to fold up (a leaf, etc.); to tear (cloth, etc.) with the tips of the fingers:—ćuṭkīlenā(-kīor -meṅ), To pinch, nip; to give a fillip (to), to stir up, to kindle; to throw out provoking insinuations or innuendoes; to utter cutting words or sarcasm; to wound or hurt (the feelings, e.g. dil-meṅćuṭkīlenā):—ćuṭkī-meṅ, adv.=ćuṭkībajātemeṅ, q.v.:—ćuṭkiyoṅ-meṅuṛānā, v.t. To turn off in a joke; to turn into ridicule.