مکهي मक्खी makkhī, मखी makhī
H مکهي मक्खी makkhī, मखी makhī [Prk. मक्खिआ; S. मक्षिका], s.f. A fly;—the sight (of a gun):—makkhī (or makkhiyāṅ) uṛānā or jhalnā (-par-se), To drive away flies (from off);—to perform servile offices (for); to flatter, to fawn (upon);—to have ulcers on the body (so as to be constantly employed in driving away the flies from them);—to fritter away the time, to trifle, to idle:—makkhī uṛānā or uṛā-denā (-par-se), To knock off a fly (from a thing or place, with a ball or an arrow), to be a good marksman:—makkhī-ćūs, s.m. lit. 'One who would suck a fly rather than lose any of the food or drink into which it fell'; a miser, niggard, skinflint:—makkhī-mār, s.m. One who kills a fly or flies;—a dirty, fllthy fellow; an idler, a lazy fellow;—one who makes an exact copy of a document, &c., mistakes, and blots, &c. included:—makkhī mārnā, To kill flies; to be unemployed, to idle, to trifle, to fool (syn. makkhī uṛānā):—makkhiyāṅ bhinaknā (-par), Flies to buzz (about), or to sit (upon);—to be disgusting, or ugly, &c.:—jītī makkhī nigalnā, To swallow a living fly;—to bring evil upon oneself;—to tell great lies:—nāk-pai makkhī na baiṭhne denā, Not to allow a fly to sit on the nose;—to shrink from incurring an obligation.
