s. f, female sparrow; met. a middle sized man, a dwarf:—chiṛí már, s. m. A sparrow catcher, a bird catcher:—chiṛí ná phaṭakṉá, phaṭkaṉe páuṉá, v. n. lit. Not a sparrow has to flutter; not a single person can come into, or pass (any place):—chiṛíáṇ dá maran te guáráṇ dá hássá. lit. The death of sparrows and jokes of clowns.—Prov. used where a strong man does not care to injur a weak person:—chiṛí tarkháṉ, s. m. (Pot.) The name of a bird.